Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is reportedly in negotiations to join the second season of Netflix's critically acclaimed drama Adolescence, according to the Mail on Sunday. The British star, 50, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader (2009) and has six further Oscar nominations, is tipped to play a pivotal role in the upcoming series.
New Storyline for Season 2
The second season will not continue the Miller family story from the debut series, which centered on 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) arrested for murdering a female classmate. Instead, it will chart a fresh storyline focusing on troubled youngsters. "It's happening and in development. There's excitement that Kate's on board," an insider revealed in the Mail's Talk of the Town column.
The first season, filmed in four single-take episodes, explored teenage violence, online abuse, and the manosphere's influence on young boys. It won multiple awards, with Cooper, now 16, becoming the youngest male recipient of both a Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Previous Hints and Denials
Stephen Graham, who played Eddie Miller in season one, hinted at a potential second season at the Golden Globes, saying: "It's somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind and Jack's mind. We'll pull it out in three or four years, so stay tuned." However, writer Jack Thorne downplayed the remarks on The One Show, stating: "There's not going to be a second series that involves the Miller family... So if we ever do anything else with the format, which we might do in years, years, years to come, we've got nothing at the moment."
Winslet's Recent Work
Winslet recently directed and starred in Netflix's festive drama Goodbye June. Her potential involvement follows a breakout year for Owen Cooper, who appeared in the period drama Wuthering Heights alongside Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and has been cast in Tom Ford's forthcoming historical drama Cry to Heaven, adapted from Anne Rice's novel.
Reach PLC has contacted Netflix for comment. Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.
