Only Matthew Broderick can currently say that Elsbeth creator and showrunner Jonathan Tolins has written a role in the show for him specifically. That could change if any actors are reading this and interested.

Chatting with DECIDER about the incredible Elsbeth Season 2 finale which sent the titular character (Carrie Preston) to prison, Tolins explained that his process for bringing on guest stars to play murderers is pretty straightforward. While fans might assume that roles are written for or with one actor in mind, that is not the case.

“Everyone thinks that we sort of have the stars before we have the scripts and stuff. In almost every case, we actually come up with a story, we write a script, and then go out [to actors],” the writer explained. “The one exception was I had worked before with Matthew Broderick and I always knew he wanted [to guest star] and I wanted him to do the show.”

For the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off actor, it was more about locking in the schedules than anything else, Tolins said. The two previously worked together on NBC’s A Christmas Story Live! back in 2017 and Broderick joined Elsbeth for Season 2 Episode 12, “Foiled Again,” also bringing his eldest son, James Wilkie Broderick, along for the ride.

Aside from Broderick, however, all of the other guest stars on The Good Fight spinoff have come in after a script and a murderer has already been developed.

For the hit CBS series, that’s an impressive feat given their murderer’s row (pun intended) of guest stars in Season 1 and Season 2. In just 30 episodes, the show has welcomed notable names like Keegan-Michael Key, Jane Krakowski, Mary-Louise Parker, Alyssa Milano, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and so many more.

Tolins told DECIDER that more than anything, they’ve always been focused on creating a great script for each episode and cultivating a great atmosphere on set so that people want to come and do the show. He said that luckily, the plan has worked thus far as “word’s gotten out that people have a good experience” doing the show.

“What we really have to do is just write the best thing we can and know that that will attract the right people. And we’ve been incredibly lucky and pleased with who’s come,” he shared.

That said, Tolins shared that he is fully open to writing more roles for certain actors if they want to play in the Elsbeth sandbox with Preston, Wendell Pierce, Carra Patterson and the rest of the cast. And with Season 3 a guarantee — the writers’ room opens in late May and the show begins shooting in July — now is the time for any interested actors to pick up the phone.

“Maybe that’ll start happening,” he said. “I’m available if anyone wants to call.”

The first two seasons of Elsbeth are currently streaming on Paramount+. Season 3 premieres in the fall on CBS.