Drummond was portrayed by Jon Voight in the '97 film adaptation, and when Slattery appeared on TODAY just days before The Rainmaker premieres on USA, the hosts asked him about stepping into Voight's shoes.

New episodes of "The Rainmaker," starring Milo Callaghan, Lana Parilla and John Slattery, air Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on USA Network.

The author’s thriller about a legal wunderkind and a potentially lucrative case gets a 10-part adaptation starring Milo Callaghan and John Slattery.