Dexter, everyone’s favorite serial killer, will return to Showtime for a limited series reboot later this year. For a long time, the production crew kept their cards close to their chests when it came to whether any of the original cast members would return. No one had been requested to return, said to James Remar, who played Dexter’s father and code proponent, although forensic striped-shirt evidence showed differently for Jennifer Carpenter’s comeback as Debra Morgan. Deb has been confirmed to return, albeit in spirit form, but there have been concerns about how confirmed returning cast member John Lithgow’s return as the Trinity Killer will play out.
We’re getting some answers from Lithgow himself, so stay tuned. He told Deadline that his participation in the revival would be even more short than his one in the original series. He planned on shooting for “one afternoon,” then he’ll come back in flashback form. Lithgow, on the other hand, was enthralled by what he observed on set: [When Lithgow] arrived for the filming, he was eager to learn more about the story the revival is portraying.
“I learned that it’s completely different from [the original series]. Kind of like Perry Mason, it’s a reimagination,” Lithgow told Deadline of the 10-episode limited series, show-run by Clyde Phillips. “They don’t take it into a different era, but it’s in a different part of the world, a different part of the country, and a whole new cast of characters.”
Lithgow even stressed that he was asked for one day of his time, and that’s precisely what happened. Well, fingers crossed for more than one set-day from Jennifer Carpenter. I really do hope she gives Dexter a hard time while sitting on his shoulder as his new Dark Passenger. Yep, make that role outright impossible to debate, and have her give him hell for dumping her in the ocean. That was rude, Dexter.
