Spoilers ahead for the series premiere of Brilliant Minds on NBC. Brilliant Minds has officially debuted in the 2024 TV schedule as primetime's newest medical drama, starring Zachary Quinto in his first main network TV role since The Slap in 2015 and They Cloned Tyrone alum Tamberla Perry . The new series focuses on mental health rather than more general medicine that you'll find on dramas like Chicago Med and Grey's Anatomy , and according to one of the stars, a fair amount of work went into guaranteeing a good match between the top-billed actors.
As neurologist Dr. Oliver Wolf and psychiatrist Dr. Carol Pierce respectively, Zachary Quinto and Tamberla Perry are playing old friends and new colleagues with a lot of history.
Early on, Wolf claimed that she's the only person that he likes, and Pierce consistently showed faith in him despite some seriously unconventional approaches. His face blindess doesn't seem to ever apply when it comes to her. So when I spoke with Perry over Zoom about what sets Brilliant Minds apart , I asked if if she auditioned with Quinto before being officially cast.
She shared: I had four auditions for this, and my very last audition was a chemistry test with him. And it was all via this platform, via Zoom. There's not a lot of in-person stuff happening at that time.
This was a year and a half ago. This was March of 2023, just a few months before our strike, and then just a couple years after the pandemic. So we had not been back into the rooms too mu.