Woody Harrelson pretty much speaks for everyone by saying he was disappointed with the second season of True Detective.
The star featured in the show’s debut as Martin ‘Marty’ Hart, however left after season one – handing over the drama to the likes of Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch.
After the first series back in 2014, fans were hooked on the HBO hit and couldn’t wait for the next installment.
However, it seems the cast and crew had set the standard of the show way too high, leaving their viewers a little bit deflated with it’s second season.
Talking about his thoughts on that series, the 57-year-old revealed he wasn’t all too fussed – but made sure he stuck around for season three.
He said: ‘[Season one] was pretty amazing because I had not thought about doing television from the time I did Cheers, and then I did like seven episodes on Will and Grace.
‘I was not really wanting to do television. Well, it wasn’t television, it was HBO. So I feel lucky about that.’
The actor added: ‘I was, you know, kind of disappointed that the second season wasn’t as… but now the third season, which I’ve only seen the first four episodes because I’ve been working, but I’m really psyched about the third season. I’d like it to keep going.’
But despite wanting to see True Detective continue, it sounds as though Woody has no desire to return to his role.
‘I feel like we did that and it went great,’ he said.
‘The only thing that could happen is people [would] say, “Well, don’t you wish this season you’re doing is as good as the one you did before?” I don’t want to face that.’
Earlier this year Mahershala Ali was cast in the lead role and was given the job of reprising the series after a four year break.
However, he didn’t get to be the starring man that easily and had to convince the show writers to cast him as the main character.
Talking on Variety‘s Actors on Actors, he said: ‘I could’ve played that second lead, that supporting career. But in my mind, I was like, “I’ve done this my entire career though. I’ve never done that.”‘
He added: ‘At that time, I’m 43 years old. If it don’t happen now, it really may not happen.’
‘So I was like, “See, we existed in this space. In the ’60s and the ’70s. State police officers,’” Ali recalled before adding: ‘I was like, “I think your story would be served, I think the story would be improved in this case, if this lead character was black.”‘