Netflix has announced the cast for the highly anticipated second season of its thriller series Dept Q, with production currently underway in Edinburgh, Scotland. Matthew Goode returns as surly detective DCI Carl Morck, alongside returning cast members Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim, Leah Byrne as DC Rose Dickson, and Jamie Sives as DS James Hardy.
New Cast Members Join the Ensemble
The season welcomes several new actors, including Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil) as Kimmie, Greg Wise (The Crown) as Derek Powell, Nicholas Rowe (Red Eye) as Thomas Fulton, and Tony Curran (Outlander) as Winnie Calderwood. Also joining are Hamish Clark (Monarch of the Glen) as Christopher Herron, Alex Ferns (Waiting for the Out) as Phil Allenbeck, Ross Anderson (Knight of the Seven Kingdoms) as Ricky Daddario, Rebecca Root (Heartstopper) as June Lovesay, and Isla Johnston (The Queen's Gambit) as Agnes.
Returning Favorites
Returning cast members include Mark Bonnar (Line of Duty) as Stephen Burns, Kate Dickie (The Witch) as Moira Jacobson, Aaron McVeigh as Jasper, and Sanjeev Kohli (Still Game) as Martin Flemming. The debut season spent six weeks in Netflix's Global Top Ten shows.
Dept Q is written and directed by Scott Frank and produced by Left Bank Pictures for Netflix. It adapts Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen's novels, originally set in Copenhagen. Goode previously revealed that Frank advised him not to read the novels, as the adaptation reimagines the protagonist as an English outsider. Goode said, 'He (Frank) treats the audience like they are as intelligent as he is, which is staggeringly intelligent.' He added, 'It’s a very taut, very dark, brilliant crime thriller with also a lot of levity.'
