The big bad guys are no bigger or worse than that: Clancy Brown is joining the next showtime Dexter revival as the main villain as opposed to Michael C. Hall’s vigilant headliner, TVLine learned exclusively.
The acting veterinarian – whose antagonistic TV credits include Carnivale and Billion – will play the regular role of the series by Kurt Caldwell, the unofficial mayor of the small town of Iron Lake.
According to the official description of the character, Kurt “fulfilled the American dream by stopping driving large platforms, just like his father did, to now own several trucks and the local truck stop. Powerful, generous, loved by everyone – he is a true man of the people. If he is protecting you, consider yourself blessed. But if you upset Kurt or hurt someone he likes, God help him. “
It is unclear whether Iron Lake will serve as the backdrop for the 10-episode revival, which will take place in real time, also known as seven years after the end of the 2013 series. The controversial closure led Dexter to a false exile imposed by death in the forests of Oregon (maybe near a small town called Iron Lake?
O Dexter Poor finale reception was partly what prompted Hall to sign the revival. “Let’s be realistic: people found that the program made things very unsatisfactory,” he recently told The Daily Beast, “and there has always been hope that a story that is worth telling will come up. I include myself in the group of people who ask themselves, ‘What the hell happened to that guy?’ So, I’m excited to get back to that. I never had this experience of playing a character so many years later. “
Brown, for his part, joins an impressive list of actors who have played Dexter villains. Previous great villains included John Lithgow, Edward James Olmos, Ronny Cox and Jimmy Smits.