Matthew Rhys Joins the Cast of PRESUMED INNOCENT Season 2 at Apple TV+
Emmy winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans, Perry Mason) has joined the cast of the Apple TV+ legal drama Presumed Innocent, and he is set to star opposite opposite Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Superman) and Jack Reynor (Midsommar, The Perfect Couple) in the upcoming second season.
The second installment is inspired by Dissection of a Murder, the debut legal thriller novel by Jo Murray. It centers on an ambitious defense attorney (Brosnahan) who takes on a high-profile case. Rhys plays her husband, the prosecutor on the case; Reynor plays her client, the defendant.
Led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Season 1 was inspired by Scott Turow’s courtroom thriller of the same name. It tells the story of a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorneys’ office when one of its own is suspected of the crime. The book was published in 1987 and was turned into a 1990 feature starring Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich, the same role Gyllenhaal took on.
Presumed Innocent is Rhys’ second project with Apple TV+, following a leading role in the upcoming 10-episode series Widow’s Bay, from creator Katie Dippold. Rhys also executive produces the project about a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor (Rhys) who refuses to believe their warnings. He will next be seen in the Netflix limited series The Beast in Me, starring opposite Claire Danes, which drops on November 13, and voicing a character in Invincible‘s fourth season, premiering in 2026.
via: Deadline