Love Life is getting a brand new lead for Season 2.
Per Deadline, the HBO Max anthology has tapped William Jackson Harper to headline the forthcoming second season of the present.
Information of a brand new lead was anticipated as a result of the streamer introduced the collection would now be an anthology on the time it was picked up for the second season earlier this yr.
Harper’s character comes out of a years-long relationship with the particular person he thought he would spend the remainder of his life with.
Sadly for him, he’s thrown again into the courting pool of New York Metropolis as he tries to construct an enduring connection.
Whereas Anna Kendrick, who led the primary season, won’t be again as a collection common, she is about to pop up right here and there as the brand new character’s quest for love gathers steam.
The streamer beforehand mentioned that the sophomore season will inform a “complete new love story in New York Metropolis,” one which explores “what occurs once you’ve lived your complete life realizing who your soulmate is, solely to seek out out years into a wedding that it’s not the suitable match in any respect.”
Kendrick performed Darby within the first season, a lady dwelling in New York as she navigated relationships, earlier than in the end discovering the one for her.
There was humor, heartbreak, and a strong story, so will probably be enjoyable to see how issues differ through the second season.
Harper is greatest recognized for his portrayal of Chidi on NBC’s The Good Place, a job he held all through all 4 seasons of the collection, and even garnered an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in a Comedy for the ultimate season.
Harper can also be set to look on The Underground Railroad, Amazon’s forthcoming collection primarily based on Colson Whitehead’s novel.
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