‘True Detective’ Season 2 Supporting Cast Includes Kelly Reilly And Abigail Spencer
Now thatNic Pizzolatto’sTrue Detectivehas more or less locked in its Season 2 leads, it’s filling out the supporting cast. The HBO drama has setMichael Irby,Kelly Reilly,Abigail Spencer, andLeven Rambinfor heavily recurring roles in the next run of episodes.
As previously reported,Colin Farrell,Vince Vaughn,Taylor Kitsch, and (probably)Rachel McAdamsare playing the main characters. Hit the jump for the latest onTrue DetectiveSeason 2 casting.
True DetectiveSeason 2 is set in California and follows three police officers investigating the suspicious death of a corrupt California city manager. Farrell plays Ray Velcoro, a detective torn between his corrupt department and the mobsters who own him; Kitsch is Paul Woodrough, a young military veteran; and Vaughn is Frank Semyon, a career criminal. McAdams is expected to take the final lead role of troubled sheriff Ani Bezzerides, but hasn’t quite closed her deal.
Details on most of the new characters have not been given, but we do know Irby will appear in five to six episodes (out of eight total) as Bezzerides' partner Elvis Ilinca. His TV credits includeThe UnitandAlmost Human, and his film credits includeFast Five,Law Abiding Citizen, andFlight Plan. Rambin was recently seen inPercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,The Hunger Games, andChasing Mavericks.
Interestingly, Reilly and Spencer were in the mix when HBO was still looking for its Ani Bezzerides. Though they both lost out on that role, it seems HBO liked them enough to find new jobs for them. Reilly is a British actress known in the US for ABC’sBlack Box, theSherlock Holmesmovies, andFlight, while Spencer has been seen inOz The Great and Powerful,Cowboys & Aliens, and SundanceTV’sRectify.
Shooting onTrue DetectiveSeason 2 begins later this fall in California. Pizzolatto will once again write all eight episodes.Justin Linwill direct the first two installments.
