‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Brings Back Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley And Zoe Kravitz
Break out the wine: theBig Little Liesgang is officially getting back together. While we already knew thatNicole KidmanandReese Witherspoonwere officially returning forBig Little Liesseason 2, now we have confirmation thatLaura Dern,Shailene WoodleyandZoe Kravtizare coming back as well. They join new cast memberMeryl Streepin the hit HBO series.
Let there be no more doubt: the core cast ofBig Little Liesare returning for the second season.HBOhas confirmed that Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz will all be back for moreLieswhen the second season arrives. The three actresses will be reuniting with already-confirmed stars Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Rounding out this dynamite cast is some newcomer namedMeryl Streep; have you heard of her?
The second season will “continue to explore the malignancy of lies, the durability of friendships, the fragility of marriage and, of course, the vicious ferocity of sound parenting.” Woodley’s character Jane Chapman “will be processing Perry’s sudden death in the storyline, while trying to build a new life for herself and her son, Ziggy.” Dern’s character Renata Klein “will be faced with new challenges in her marriage.” And Kravtiz’s character Bonnie Carlson “will confront her past while struggling to come to terms with Perry’s death.”
Somewhere in the midst of all this, the characters will be drinking lots and lots of wine, I’m sure.
Big Little Lieswas originally planned as a one-and-done series, with the first season, adapted from the novel by Liane Moriarty, being the sole season. ButBig Little Lieswas so well-regarded by critics and audiences, and the cast had such a great time working together, that a second season became all but inevitable.Big Little Liesseason 2 will introduce Streep’s character as the mother of Alexander Skarsgard’s character from season 1, which makes her the mother-in-law of Nicole Kidman’s character Celeste Wright. I won’t give away spoilers, but if you’ve seen season 1, you know exactly what the deal was with Skarsgard’s character, and you know what happened to him. You therefore know why the arrival of his mother in season 2 is bound to present a whole new slew of problems and tension.
Series creatorDavid E. Kelleywill write all seven scripts for season 2, andAmerican HoneydirectorAndrea Arnoldwill helm the entire season. There’s no date set yet forBig Little Liesseason 2, but you’re able to likely expect the show to arrive sometime in2019.
