Andre Braugher and John Slattery on Shaking Up 'The Good Fight' Final Season (Exclusive)

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John Slattery aren't newbies to the scene, but the two the new kids on the block on Paramount+'s . The seasoned veterans are the high-profile additions on the sixth and final season of the legal drama, with Braugher stepping into the shoes of «rainmaker» attorney Ri'chard Lane and Slattery slipping into the doctor's coat as physician Lyle Bettencourt.

For both, joining the series was one of the easier decisions in their storied careers.«It has a tremendous pedigree. The Kings have been on television for quite a number of years doing varied and interesting shows… Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald, their pedigree is superb,» Braugher tells ET's Lauren Zima. «I had a lovely conversation with the Kings, I looked over the first script [and] I was led to understand where the season was going and the development of the character.

So I said to myself, 'This is an ideal situation.'»«I've spent many years with a mixture of comedy and drama on ... and I've been playing a straight man for so many years, I feel like I have access to that, like I could be the string for these kites — both of these comedic arrows,» he continues. «I feel as though I'm in a good place, I'm in the right sort of temperament and frame as an actor to play the straight man and also to do the drama and the comedy mixed together.»  Slattery put it more simply, explaining that Baranski was a major driver behind his decision to board the show.«I read the script and Christine Baranski was in it,» the alum tells ET. «I knew I would be working with her primarily anyway or at least from the beginning.

It shoots in New York where I live and I watchedWell, why not? What could go wrong?» Slattery admitted to being a fan of the original series, calling himself a.