‘True Detective: Night Country’ Stars Talk Inspiration and Connecting to Characters at Variety’s Indigenous Storytelling in Entertainment Breakfast
variety.comJack Dunn HBO’s “True Detective” took over television in 2014 with Woody Harrelson and Mathew Matthew McConaughey as two gritty detectives struggling to solve a seemingly impossible string of supernatural murders.
Ten years and three seasons later, Jodie Foster and Kali Reis have taken over for “True Detective: Night Country,” ushering in the most-viewed season of the series to date.
As part of the Variety Indigenous Storytelling in Entertainment Breakfast, Variety‘s deputy awards and features editor Jenelle Riley sat down with Reis, co-star Isabella Star LaBlanc and creator Issa López to talk about how they brought the latest season of “True Detective” to life. “True Detective: Night Country” follows detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) as they investigate an incident at an Alaskan research station and the disappearances of young women from a local Indigenous community.
Three of López’s six projects as a writer-director deal with the disappearance of women, which she says is a topic very close to her heart. “In Mexico, 11 women disappear every day.
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