With the third season of HBO’s True Detective continuing to flesh out its cast, a familiar genre face has been brought in as a series regular.

As per Deadline, Rhys Wakefield has joined the show as Freddy Burns, a character “whose ambitions are limited by the world around him”. Wakefield will be best known to genre fans for his memorable appearance in The Purge.

In addition to this, recurring roles have been landed by Justice League’s Ray Fisher, Fear the Walking Dead’s Michael Greyeyes, and The Closer’s Jon Tenney. The new additions join Mahershala Ali, Stephen Dorff, Scott McNairy, Carmen Ejogo, and Mamie Gummer in the third season of this hugely popular show.

The early blurb on True Detective’s return reads:

Season 3 tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods.

Nic Pizzolatto is once more back to serve as showrunner and will also direct along with Green Room’s Jeremy Saulnier.

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