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" Mark-Paul Gosselaar has suggested that people will be able to relate to the characters on Franklin &amp;amp;amp; Bash. The new TNT series focuses on a pair of lawyers who are hired by a traditional firm. Gosselaar, who plays Bash, has now revealed that he would not officially sign up until he knew who would be playing Franklin. Breckin Meyer eventually took on the role. &amp;quot;I was tentative because it was a legal drama,&amp;quot; Gosselaar told Zap2It. &amp;quot;Granted it had brilliant elements of humour intertwined in it, but it was also a relationship piece. One of the major components of this show is the relationship between these two guys, Franklin and Bash. I wasn&amp;#039;t completely on board until I knew who they were going to pick as my partner.&amp;quot; However, Gosselaar revealed that he was pleased when he heard that Meyer had landed the job and explained that viewers will be able to &amp;quot;connect&amp;quot; to the two characters. &amp;quot;If you take away the fluff of the man cave and the parties and sort of the cases that we work on, these are two average guys who people can connect with,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I think the writers and producers do a really good job of expressing that. And that&amp;#039;s why I think we&amp;#039;ll have such a broad audience, because there&amp;#039;s a little bit of everything for people to watch.&amp;quot; Gosselaar added: &amp;quot;Whether you&amp;#039;re in it because you like legal dramas and you like the structure of a courtroom or whether you like the humour that&amp;#039;s involved, these are true characters. And throughout the season they progress and you realise, &amp;#039;OK, these are guys that I like watching, because they have a lot in common with me. I know a guy like this guy&amp;#039;. They&amp;#039;re not these completely broad guys who are untouchable.&amp;quot; Gosselaar has previously described the tone of Franklin &amp;amp;amp; Bash as &amp;quot;light-hearted&amp;quot; while the show&amp;#039;s co-creator has compared the series to a Judd Apatow film. Franklin &amp;amp;amp; Bash will premiere tonight on TNT. Watch a promo video for Franklin &amp;amp;amp; Bash below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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