True Detective: HBO taps Sarah Gadon, Emily Nelson for season 3 recurring roles

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With the third season of HBO’s anthology series True Detective coming soon, HBO has brought Sarah Gadon and Emily Nelson for Season 3 recurring roles.

According to Deadline, Gadon (who was a recent part of Netflix’s Alias Grace) is set to play Elisa Montgomery while Nelson (Code Black) will play Margaret. Gadon and Nelson join previously announced recurring cast members Michael Greyeyes, Jon Tenney and Rhys Wakefield.

Season 3 will star Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy, Mamie Gummer and Ray Fisher. Ali is set in the leading role of Wayne Hays, a state police detective located in Northwest Arkansas. He will be at the center of a macabre crime story that takes place in the Ozarks, one that will play out across multiple time periods and put a wide array of different characters into grave danger.

Take a look below for details on some of the other roles via the aforementioned website:

“Among the [other regulars] are Stephen Dorff as an Arkansas state investigator named Roland West, who, along with his partner, has his life and career influenced over three decades by a baffling crime; Scoot McNairy will portray a father named Tom who suffers a terrible loss that ties his fate to that of two state police detectives over 10 years; and Mamie Gummer, who will play a young mother of two named Lucy Purcell at the center of a tragic crime. Justice League actor Ray Fisher, who will play Henry Hays, and recurring castmembers Michael Greyeyes (Brett Woodard), Jon Tenney (Alan Jones) and Rhys Wakefield (Freddy Burns).”

We also know that Nic Pizzolatto will serve as showrunner and executive producer along with Jermey Saulnier and Scott Stephans. Pizzolatto has been the sole writer on the show through the first two seasons, and this season will take his talents to the director’s chair as he will make his directional debut sometime during Season 3. David Milch of Deadwood fame will co-write this season.

True Detective returns to HBO at some point in 2019. For more news related to True Detective, be sure to visit this link. There may still be some additional guest spots to announce in the future. (Photo: HBO)

This story was written by Samantha D’Amico. If you want to follow her on Twitter, you can do so at SAM_iamXO. 

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