Jalen Thomas Brooks Balances Off Campus Fame with The Pitt’s Night Shift
Jalen Thomas Brooks discusses his dual-actor stretch—John Tucker in Prime Video’s Off Campus and Mateo Diaz on HBO Max’s The Pitt—amid talk of a potential Night Shift storyline in Season 2, the devoted book-fanbase surrounding the hockey-romance adaptation, and the on- and off-screen camaraderie that fuels the cast. He highlights his mom’s help as his audition reader, his approach to Tucker’s evolution from the books, and the excitement and pressure of a Season 2 renewal guiding the show’s future.