Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen has been tapped for a lead function in Season 2 of Netflix’s comedy A Man On the Inside, becoming a member of her husband, the collection’ star Ted Danson.
Created by Mike Schur, A Man On the Inside facilities on Charles (Danson), a retired man who will get a brand new lease on life when he solutions an advert from a PI and turns into a mole in a secret investigation.
The collection is taking over an anthology format, with Charles tackling a brand new case every season. In Season 1, he went undercover at a retirement residence. Season 2 will see him sleuthing at a liberal arts faculty, sources stated.
The brand new vacation spot was telegraphed on the finish of Season 1 when Charles, a retired engineering faculty professor, began providing his providers as a visitor lecturer.
Steenburgen will play Mona Margadoff, a former musician who components closely within the case Charles (Danson) is making an attempt to unravel. No extra particulars are being offered however I hear Mona is a professor on the faculty Charles shall be investigating in Season 2 and there could also be sparks between her and Charles.
Along with being a pair in actual life, Steenburgen and Danson performed one on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Steenburgen and Danson headlined collectively the short-lived 1996 comedy Ink, and he or she additionally has visitor starred on all of Danson’s collection of the final 20 years, together with Becker, Bored To Loss of life, The Good Place and Mr. Mayor.
Man On the Inside relies on the documentary The Mole Agent, a 2021 Oscar nominee for Greatest Documentary characteristic. Schur govt produces through Fremulon alongside Morgan Sackett, David Miner of three Arts Leisure, Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibañez of Micromundo Producciones, Julie Goldman and Christopher Clements for Motto Footage. Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, is the studio.
Season 1 of A Man on the Inside debuted atop Netflix’s weekly English collection checklist and remained within the High 10 for 5 weeks. It was named certainly one of AFI’s 2024 TV packages of the yr and Ted Danson was nominated for a Golden Globe and Display Actors Guild Award for his efficiency.
Steenburgen most just lately reprised her function as one of many leads within the sequel film Guide Membership: The Subsequent Chapter. She is repped by UTA, Leisure 360 and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
