GHOSTS - ASHER GRODMAN GIVES US THE SCOOP ON HIS HIT TV SERIES

Ever wonder what it might be like to be a Ghost? Well, Asher Grodman who plays “Trevor” on the hit series GHOSTS has plenty of theories.

The hit series, GHOSTS now in it’s fifth Season ( airing Thursday nights on GLobal Television in Canada) and CBS in the U.S. is hotter than ever.

Shot on location just outside of Montreal,, Quebec and based on the popular British series of the same name, the premise, features married New Yorkers Samantha "Sam" and Jay Arondekar (played by Rose McIver & Utkarsh Ambudkar) who believe their dreams have come true when they inherit Woodstone Manor, a beautiful country house, from Sophie Brimble, Sam's great aunt, only to find that it is falling apart and inhabited by ghosts of people from different eras of American history who died on the property and are now bound to the area, appearing as they did at the times of their deaths, until they can reach the afterlife. Jay cannot see or hear the ghosts, but Sam can after a near-death experience.

The GHOSTS who we see every week on this hilarious sitcom are as follows:

Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn ("Thor"), an aggressive, often melodramatic Viking from Norway and the oldest of the main ghosts, who set out to explore North America over 1,000 years ago but was left behind by his shipmates who counted one shipmate twice. He died from a lightning strike conducted by the helmet he wore. He has the ability to manipulate electricity and enjoys watching TV as well as regaling his friends with stories of combat, especially against Danes, and his favorite foods, particularly cod. He has a son named Bjørn, now a ghost on an adjacent property, who married a Danish woman. His previous ghost girlfriends include Luella and "Flat Maria", both of whom have since moved on to the afterlife. He is loosely based on Robin the caveman in the original British series.

Román Zaragoza as Sasappis ("Sass"), a cynical Lenape hunter and storyteller, who often serves as the voice of reason for the other ghosts. Sass died in 1513 for reasons unknown. He can influence living people's thoughts by interacting with them as characters in their dreams, making him the only ghost who can directly speak to Jay. He enjoys storytelling, stirring up drama, watching TV, and smelling food, especially pizza, prepared by the living. Despite being the second oldest ghost, he is more aware of the modern world than most and speaks like a modern person because he "pays attention". He died a virgin and is easily embarrassed whenever other ghosts bring it up. However, by the end of Season 4, he has his first intimate experience with a Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter named Joan.

Brandon Scott Jones as Captain Isaac Higgintoot (né Higginbottom), an initially closeted gay Continental Army officer who died of dysentery at age 35 in 1777 two weeks after the siege of Fort Ticonderoga and has been largely forgotten by history, making him immensely jealous of the more famous Alexander Hamilton, with whom he became rivals over a neck ruffle they both coveted. The living can smell a foul odor if he passes through them. He is also implied to have been an ineffective leader as he often mentions how he "heroically" surrendered after most of the battles he led. He is inspired mainly by the Captain in the original British series, while his ghost power is similar to that of Mary Guppy the witch trial victim.

Rebecca Wisocky as Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone, the uptight lady of the manor, Sam's great-great-great-great-aunt, and the daughter of the original owner of the mansion. She takes pride in being wealthy, looks down her nose on the working class and anyone Irish (though she eventually learns she had an Irish grandmother), and experimented with now-illicit drugs throughout her life, including cocaine and morphine. Her husband Elias cheated on her in life with many different women, while her son Thomas was responsible for Alberta's murder. She strangled herself to death at age 45 in 1895 using a telephone cord to avoid being arrested for Elias's crimes, allowing Thomas to escape with his inheritance. Her ghost power is dormant until Season 4: she can interact with the living on St. Patrick’s Day after acknowledging and embracing her Irish heritage. She is based on Lady Fanny Button in the original British series.

Danielle Pinnock as Alberta Haynes, a flamboyant Prohibition-era lounge singer and rising star who was murdered in 1928 by drinking strychnine-laced moonshine.The second season reveals that she sold out a more popular singer named Clara Brown to the police in order to get a chance to shine on stage. Solving her murder is a key plot arc of the second season, and is done as part of Sam's true crime podcast. She enjoys singing, being in the spotlight, and gossip. Her humming can be heard by the living. She can also be heard in full by Alexa devices.

Sheila Carrasco as Susan "Flower" Montero, a cheerful and sweet but naive and forgetful hippie of Hispanic origin who lived in both a commune and a cult in the 1960s. She was mauled to death in 1969 at age 31 by a bear she tried to hug while under the influence of drugs. She can put a living person into a hallucinogenic high if she passes through them, can speak fluent Spanish, and likes being in polyamorous relationships. She shares a closeness and gentle flirtation with Thorfinn, and they start dating later in the second season. Due to Carrasco's maternity leave, Flower goes missing in the third season, causing her friends to mistakenly believe she has moved on to the afterlife, but she is rescued towards the season's end.

Richie Moriarty as Peter "Pete" Martino, a friendly and polite but socially awkward, Italian American travel agent and leader of a uniformed youth group called the Pinecone Troopers,who died at age 40 in 1985 when one of the uniformed girls in his care accidentally shot him through the neck with an arrow. He has an initially unrequited romantic interest in Alberta, and Jay considers him one of his best friends due to many shared interests between them. Among his varied interests are improvisational theater, basketball, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars films, and general 1980s culture. He is the only ghost in the main group who can leave the Woodstone property and go anywhere he wants, but if he stays away from the property for too long, he will start to vanish piece-by-piece into oblivion; it is unknown what will happen if he fully disappears. Discovering this power increases his confidence and causes Alberta to become interested in him. He is based on Pat Butcher in the original British series.

Asher Grodman as Trevor Lefkowitz, a wealthy, womanizing, hard-partying, Jewish stockbroker and Wharton School alumnus who worked at Lehman Brothers. He is the most recently deceased of the main ghosts, who died at age 33 in 2000 from a heart attack, caused by an accidental drug overdose, while not wearing pants. Though he claims he lost his pants because he died during a sexual encounter, he simply lent his pants to his friend Adam Pinkus as a good deed. He can physically interact with the corporeal world to a limited degree, usually with only one index finger, if he concentrates hard enough. He is loosely based on Julian Fawcett MP in the original British series, and his initial attraction to Sam is similar to the poet Thomas Thorne's infatuation with Sam's counterpart Alison.

I had the opportunity to catch up with Asher Grodman - who plays Trevor on the series. His character has discovered that he has a daughter who we discover in Season 5 comes to work at Jay’s restaurant. Trevor, getting used to the idea that he has a daughter, is not pleased with her career path and does everything he can ( through Sam) to disuade her.

Asher was a delight to talk to and we discussed among other things what it’s like to play a chraacter who doesn’t wear pants for the entierty of the series.

Ghosts airs on Global TV on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. ET. The new season premiered on October 16, 2025, and is also available to stream on the Global TV app, Paramount+ via Stack TV.