‘True Detective’ Season 3 Recruits ‘Batman V Superman’ Actor Scoot McNairy
The third season of HBO’sTrue Detectivehas added another solid character actor to its ranks. A new report says thatScoot McNairy, a modern “that guy” who you’ve likely seen in a dozen things over the past few years, has joined Oscar-winnerMahershala Ali,SelmastarCarmen Ejogo, and e-cigarette salesmanStephen Dorfffor the newest season of the divisive crime drama. Read more about the latestTrue Detectiveseason 3 cast addition below.
Back in September, we learned thatHBO was moving forward with a third seasonof creator/showrunner Nic Pizzolatto’s anthology crime series.True Detectiveseason 3 is set in the Ozarks and covers three time periods, focusing on a horrible crime and a mystery that’s spanned decades. Ali plays Wayne Hays, a state police detective from northwest Arkansas; Dorff plays Roland West, his partner; and Ejogo plays an Arkansas teacher named Amelia Reardon.Deadlinereports that McNairy will play Tom, “a father who suffers a terrible loss that ties his fate to that of two state police detectives over 10 years.”
I first became aware of McNairy from his starring role in the 2010 indieMonsters.Since then, his career has taken off: he’s appeared in movies likeBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,Argo, andGone Girl, as well as TV shows likeHalt and Catch Fire,Godless, andFargo. He’s become a reliable chameleon who can fit in with just about any tone and setting (the fact that he appeared in both Steve McQueen’s prestige drama12 Years a Slaveand the Liam Neeson airplane actionerNon-Stopshould tell you something about him), so there’s something that just feelsrightabout him joining Pizzolatto’s grim and gritty universe.
The first season ofTrue Detectivewas arguably one of the highest peaks of Peak TV, luring big-name movie stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson to television. While season 1 was tremendous, the rushed second season paled in comparison. With Pizzolatto sharing directing duties on season 3 withBlue RuinandGreen RoomdirectorJeremy Saulnier, and since the showrunner has had plenty of time to write new scripts (even getting a bit of help fromDeadwoodmaestroDavid Milch, who co-wrote season 3’s fourth episode), we’re amped to see if this series can reclaim its former glory. That’s admittedly lot of hype to live up to, but with a cast this strong, it just might be possible. We’ll find out when it debutssometime in2019.
