True Detective Casts Four, Including Suits' Abigail Spencer and Black Box's Kelly Reilly


With its first Season 2 table read scheduled for this Friday, True Detective is filling out its cast. According to Deadline, the HBO drama has cast former Black Box star Kelly Reilly as a series regular and is signing Abigail Spencer (Suits, Rectify), Leven Rambin (The Hunger Games), and Michael Irby (Almost Human) to recurring roles.

True Detective's second season will be set in California and revolve around three police officers and a career criminal who navigate a complicated web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder. Both Reilly and Spencer reportedly met with series creator Nic Pizzolatto about the lead female role—one of the three cops—which has since been offered to Rachel McAdams. Instead, Reilly will play a "self-possessed" character named Morgan, while Spencer will play a the victim of a sexual attack.

Meanwhile, Rambin will play Sophia, a beautiful woman with a history of drug abuse, and Irby will play a police officer who's partnered with McAdams.

Although McAdams' role in the series has not yet been confirmed by HBO, the network recently announced the casting of Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn. They'll presumably be joined by Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch, who confirmed his own long-rumored casting in an interview earlier this week.

Of course, the biggest question this news leaves us with is whether Reilly—who's most famous around these parts for her manic dancing skills—will get to show them off at her new gig.

I mean, just look at her go!


What do you think of True Detective's latest casting moves? They've clearly got nothing on Reilly's actual moves, but few things do.