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Stephen Dorff Joins Mahershala Ali in TRUE DETECTIVE Season 3

by M.
Jan 3 2018 • 12:25 PM

Since the very nascence of HBO’s True DetectiveOpens in a new tab, the eclectic series has stirred the most excitement with its starring cast. Across seasons one and two, True Detective benefited from the familiar talents of reliable power-hitters like Woody HarrelsonOpens in a new tab and Colin FarrellOpens in a new tab, all the while tampering in the reinvention of one-note stars like Matthew McConaugheyOpens in a new tab (which it pulled off to great success) and Vince VaughnOpens in a new tab (which… less so). When Mahershala Ali was cast as the lead of season threeOpens in a new tab, it was a sign that True Detective might be kicking off a different M.O. And now that Ali has found his costar in none other than Stephen DorffOpens in a new tab (via Entertainment WeeklyOpens in a new tab), we can rest assured that this new batch of episodes will feel unlike anything the series has given us thus far.

Crossing Jordan and Treme vet AliOpens in a new tab has been at the top of everyone’s watch lists since his magnificent turns in last year’s Best Picture winner Moonlight and Marvel series Luke Cage, affording him a relevance and notability distinct from that of his True Detective company. Dorff is a different story, however.

Though not exactly a household name, Dorff has had his foot in every of Hollywood’s most pronounced corners: superheroics (BladeOpens in a new tab), mainstream comedy (ZoolanderOpens in a new tab), the indie scene (SomewhereOpens in a new tab), camp (Cecil B. DementedOpens in a new tab), and even horror, per this year’s LeatherfaceOpens in a new tab reboot. A dutiful performer on all fronts, Dorff comes to True Detective, a series committed to turning out interesting performances, with a promise of nothing less. Not quite this season’s Harrelson or Farrell, nor its McConaughey or Vaughn, Dorff is perhaps the perfect new asset to True Detective: someone we’ve seen be great, but someone whose greatness we know we haven’t seen the whole of yet.

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