Woody Harrelson has nixed any hopes of a True Detective reunion, flatly saying there’s “not a chance” he’d reprise the role of Marty Hart.
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On Friday (October 31), Harrelson sat down with the 3rd Hour of Today‘s Dylan Dreyer and spoke about the possibility of revisiting the hit drama.
“A lot of folks want to know if there will ever be another True Detective with you and Matthew McConaughey,” Dreyer said. “[McConaughey] actually said he would be into it, if Woody and I think it’s good enough. It wouldn’t even be a choice.’ Would you do another one?”
“Matthew’s so funny,” Harrelson replied. “In fairness, never. Not a chance… Because it turned out great. I love that it turned out the way it did, and if anything, doing another season would, I think, tarnish that.”
Last month, we spoke to McConaughey about his return to film with The Lost Bus, where he touched on talks surrounding a True Detective revival and said things would “have to be special” for him to come back.
Back in May, it emerged that series creator Nic Pizzolatto had discussed a potential idea with him that could unite him and Harrelson on screen, with McConaughey saying that while there was “excitement” about the idea, he hadn’t seen a script yet.
“When I originally read True Detective, everything that came out of Rust Cohle’s mouth was white-hot,” he told NME. “The script was on fire so the execution [of a sequel] must go another step. We’re keen on the idea but it’s nothing more than an idea. If Nic puts something on paper that Woody and I think is good enough, it wouldn’t even be a choice. We would look at it and go, ‘it must happen’.
“It’s gotta be damn good though because we set a pretty good precedent!”
McConaughey starred as the lead, Rust Cohle, in the hit show back in 2014 alongside Woody Harrelson, and took home the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for the role. That season also won five Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA for Best International Series, two Writers Guild of America Awards for Pizzolatto, and more.
The nature of the crime anthology means that characters are not revisited, with each season following different characters in different cities. Jodie Foster, who recently won an Emmy for her performance in True Detective: Night Country, confirmed that the role was a “one and done” situation where she would not be coming back.
