Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo and French Stewart at the New York premiere of “Bob Trevino Likes It.” . (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Getty Images ...

Laymon admits she enjoys casting actors against type, but she went to bat to hire Stewart, despite some pushback. “In a way, French had been put in his own kind of box,” she notes.

(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Stewart, who has been acting in film and TV since 1992’s “The New WKRP in Cincinnati,” has a healthy outlook on having to prove himself again and again.

French Stewart, best known for his role in "Third Rock From the Sun" from 1996 to 2001, moved to Atlanta in 2022 and is part of a new film "Bob Trevino Likes It" out March 20.