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Columbus Short, starring as attorney Harrison Wright, is no exception. And you can tell he revels in the mystery of what will happen next.
Oh, he has known all along that his character’s role at the high-profile crisis management company will be developed more this season, but even Short himself got caught up in the slow unspooling of the backstory. “We don’t even get our scripts before we sit down at the table reads,” says the 31-year-old actor, who memorably delivered the self-descriptive line “gladiators in suits” during the show’s pilot episode. “We find ourselves being just like an audience member, like, ‘Oh my god!’ The audience members, the fans, the gladiators, they’re relishing it.”
When he spoke to ALIVE this summer, the Kansas City native promised that Season 3—launched in early October—will show us “another side of Harrison…which gives me the opportunity to dive into another side of my acting potential that hasn’t been showcased.” Fans may still better remember Short from movies like “Stomp the Yard,” where he out-danced a fellow college student, and “Cadillac Records,” in an award-winning supporting role as a blues player. Though his fast-talking persona on “Scandal” was a creation of show runner Shonda Rhimes, Short says what he does on set influences her and the writers as they plot future twists and turns. In many ways, he’s shaping his own acting legacy.
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