Presumed Innocent Star Won't Return For Season 2: "I'm A One-Season Person"

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Summary Peter Sarsgaard won't return as Tommy Molto for Presumed Innocent season 2, signaling a new direction for the legal thriller.

Sarsgaard feels the character's story has concluded and prefers one-season shows, looking for new inspiration in his career elsewhere.

Tommy's absence indicates the next season could have an entirely new cast to coincide with it following a different case.

One key star from Presumed Innocent will not be coming back in season 2, hinting at the direction the legal thriller will be heading in the forthcoming episodes. Presumed Innocent season 1 ended on a definitive note, with Rusty being found not guilty before learning his daughter was the real culprit behind Carolyn's murder. However, even before the series ended, it was renewed for season 2. However, it was unclear if any stars from the original episodes would be reprising their roles for the new case.

Speaking with IndieWire, Peter Sarsgaard, who portrayed Tommy Molto in Presumed Innocent, revealed he wouldn't be coming back for season 2. The actor explained he feels like the character's story has come to an end, having no intention to continue playing the character into the next batch of episodes. Check out what Sarsgaard had to say about his decision not to return below:

I’m not really that interested in sequels. I think I’ve only ever done one season of anything… I think I’m a one-season person. I tell my kids this sometimes, maybe I’ve done 90, 100 different things over the years between movies, TV shows, and plays. I say, ‘I’m very good at saying hello and saying goodbye.’ There’s a very valuable thing in saying goodbye because then you have to look for another source of inspiration and then you change. I get asked all the time, did I gain weight, lose weight, grow a beard, all of that. I’m sort of just doing all of that all the time. If I were playing something over and over again, I would have to keep coming back to the same territory. I’ve actually found that acting has been really valuable in terms of just being a person, and I think part of it is that I’ve had all of these really interesting experiences not just playing different characters but collaborating with different people.

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Source: IndieWire