One of the characters we’ve heard about but never glimpsed on television is about to make his debut. Brian Cox has been added to the cast of Penny Dreadful, playing Jared Talbot, the father of Josh Harnett’s Ethan Chandler.
Ethan, of course, has long been trying to avoid his father, fleeing his influence in the States and arriving in London, which caused him to get caught up in the supernatural adventures of Sir Malcom Murray (Timothy Dalton) and Vanessa Ives (Eva Green). Of course, it helps that he’s not exactly human himself…
But his crimes and misdemeanors caught up with him at the end of the most recent season, when he surrendered to Scotland Yard and was put on a ship headed back to the US. Now we’ll get to find out what is quite so terrifying about his dad, who, as Entertainment Weekly has learned is a “powerful rancher who has long been on the hunt for his son. Talbot will stop at nothing to bring Ethan back west to settle the score.”
And Cox isn’t the only addition to the cast. Patti LuPone, who had a recurring role as the Cut-Wife last season, is promoted to regular for the next, albeit playing a different character in the shape of a therapist who helps Vanessa. Wes Studi’s aboard, playing a mysterious ally of Sir Malcom and the likes of Shazad Latif, Christian Camargo, Sam Barnett, Jessica Barden, and Perdita Weeks are all on as guest stars. The new season will be on our screens next year.