Netflix's upcoming drama series Partner Track follows lawyer Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho, Teen Wolf) as she works to make partner at a prestigious law firm. However, the competition heats up when she runs into an old flame (Dominic Sherwood, Shadowhunters) and Ingrid's life becomes more complicated than she could've imagined.
The series also stars Bradley Gibson (Fire Island), Alexandra Turshen (The Bold Type), Rob Heaps (Good Girls), Nolan Gerard Funk (Truth or Dare), and Matthew Rauch (Blue Bloods).
Screen Rant chats with star Arden Cho about her upcoming series, and her on and off-screen dynamic with Dominic Sherwood.
Screen Rant: Your new show Partner Track is coming out on Netflix at the end of August. So what can you tell us? What are you most excited about with this release?
Arden Cho: It's so close. August 26th. We are right around the corner. And I'm so excited that we just get to tell a story that has not been told before. It's very different. It is one that feels really important for now. And I love that I get to be a part of telling it. It's special.
Screen Rant: I was a huge fan of Teen Wolf, and I was also a huge fan of Dominic Sherwood's show Shadowhunters, so I was super excited to find out that you would both be doing this series. What was it like to work together?
Arden Cho: Oh, it was great. It was so funny. Because even when he was just in the process of getting casted—we have a mutual friend, Kat, which I'm sure you know, from Shadowhunters. And it was so great because it's always nice to work with friends and nice to work with people that you want to work with.
I remember, after we had both gotten cast, we had a nice lunch and got to sort of chat about our roles and what we wanted for the show. And I always say Dom prepared me by getting me the "M&A for Dummies" book. He got us both "M&A for Dummies." But, luckily, our writers were so fantastic that we didn't really need the book. But I have it in case I want to go to law school. I have "M&A for Dummies," and I'm going to learn it. Soon.
Screen Rant: Nice!
Arden Cho: Yeah, Dom's great. It was very fun.
Screen Rant: From what the trailer shows, it looks like your characters have this kind of...flirtatious rivalry? What is that dynamic going to look like this season?
Arden Cho: Well, you definitely have to watch it. It's not something that we can easily explain. But you have to watch it. There is definitely a competitive spirit. And obviously the trailer showed that there's some history, but who would have known? Ingrid's just been working for six years. She has not had time for a date. I mean, she's trying to make partner and maybe Murphy gets in the way. Maybe he doesn't. But there's something and Dominic is such a good actor for it. He is definitely lovable and hateable.
Screen Rant: What about your character, Ingrid? What kind of challenges is she going to face? We know she's trying to make partner at this firm, so what else is going on with her this season?
Arden Cho: Ingrid is doing her best but she is struggling with some choices—tough choices. Trying to be the best friend, the best daughter, the best partner-material-M&A-lawyer. I feel like she's just going for it all. She's trying to break that glass ceiling and she's trying to win. But as life throws us so many obstacles, Ingrid is jumping through hoops and on an adventure.
Partner Track Synopsis
Ingrid Yun, a 1st generation Korean American and the first lawyer in her family, experiences the trials and tribulations of excelling at the prestigious (but old school) law firm, Parsons Valentine. With the support of her friends, she battles through workplace challenges to break through the glass ceiling on her path to become partner. But will her drive and ambition leave room for love?
Check out our other Partner Track interviews with stars Alexandra Turshen and Bradley Gibson as well.
Partner Track season 1 will be available to stream on Netflix starting August 26th.