Michael C. Hall Is Excited Playing DEXTER Again and He Hopes for a More Satisfying Resolution for Fans

Michael C. Hall is a busy guy. He’s best known for starring in critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under and Dexter, and has gone on to be in tons of films, as well as Broadway shows including Hedwig and the Angry Inch, where he met his now bandmates that came together through the pandemic. But the biggest project on his plate that fans are looking forward to is his Dexter revival.

In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, Hall was asked why he wanted to revisit the character that he finished with over seven years ago, after it took years of negotiation to get him to sign on. He said:

It’s a conversation that’s been ongoing, and different possibilities have emerged over the years. I think in this case, the story that’s being told is worth telling in a way that other proposals didn’t, and I think enough time has passed where it’s become intriguing in a way that it wasn’t before. And let’s be real: people found the way that show left things pretty unsatisfying, and there’s always been a hope that a story would emerge that would be worth telling. I include myself in the group of people that wondered, “What the hell happened to that guy?” So I’m excited to step back into it. I’ve never had that experience of playing a character this many years on.

As for whether Hall believes the criticism of the final season was warranted, he responded:

A criticism that speaks to someone’s experience is warranted. I certainly thought it was justifiable for Dexter to do what he did. I think some of the criticisms were about that, and some of the criticisms weren’t so much about the “what” as they were about the “how,” and those were valid too. We certainly do live in an era where the bar is very high as far as the simultaneous surprise, satisfaction, and closure that should go along with a series finale.

It certainly is a fine line. You can’t please everyone in the ending of a hugely popular series, but hopefully this Dexter limited series revival will help the fans get some closure for the series and character they loved. Dexter Season 9 is expected to hit Showtime some time in 2021.