The spirits on Ghosts love their TV time, watching everything from Survivor and Selling Sunset to fictional programs like the reality series It’s Getting Hot in Here and the Succession-esque Night Sugar. But if Trevor had his way, he and his pals would only be watching one thing, all the time: The Cutting Edge.
Over the show’s four seasons, the finance bro has repeatedly referenced the 1992 sports romance, written by Tony Gilroy (!) and starring Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney as a figure skater and a former hockey player who team up to win the Olympics and each other’s hearts. In recent episodes, Trevor has even tried to bid on Kelly’s movie figure skates on eBay and bonded with the daughter he never knew he had over their shared love of the film.
So what’s with Trevor’s fanaticism when it comes to The Cutting Edge? (And I ask that in the most loving way ever, because this reporter has also seen The Cutting Edge more times than she can count.)
“Trevor’s obsession with The Cutting Edge can be sourced back to our [co-showrunner] Joe Port loving The Cutting Edge and him putting his signature on our show,” Asher Grodman, who plays Trevor, tells TVLine.
“I had never seen this film,” Grodman admits, and yes, I gasped in response. But don’t worry, the actor has since rectified that glaring omission from his film knowledge.
“The second that we referenced it the first time, I was like, ‘I got to figure out what this movie is.’ So, yes, I am very well versed in The Cutting Edge,” Grodman reassures me. So feel free to send your “Toepick!” GIFs his way. He knows what that’s about.
One might expect Trevor to be a fan of a ’90s bro comedy or a Wall Street drama or a more mainstream hit, not a romance that has taken on cult status in the years after its release. But Grodman couldn’t be happier with his character’s choice of favorite movie.
“I love it because it’s not like Titanic or something that’s, like, the seminal ’90s film. It is a niche thing,” he explains. “I think it does make Trevor feel, for me, very of the time and like his own specific person, which is the fun of all these characters. It’s not just that it’s someone from the ’20s, or it’s someone from The Gilded Age. It’s a specific flavor.”
“It just makes him a little more complex, which I really love about it,” he continues. “As a guy who loves rom-coms, I really appreciate it.”
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