Lacey Terrell/HBO(LOS ANGELES) — True Detective‘s writers and actors have been very secretive about the plot for season two. And Vince Vaughn, who will portray career criminal Frank Semyon in the gritty TV drama, isn’t helping any.
When asked about his character on Thursday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Vaughn quipped, “I am Elsa,” he said, referencing the Disney film Frozen. “I’m supposed to keep it under wraps, but I’m so excited, I can’t contain myself. I’m freezing and kissing and freezing and kissing.”
Still, Vaughn did reveal a bit about the show: “It’s a crime story that takes place in Los Angeles and it’s a whole new story. The writer and creator of [season one] is just tremendous, Nick Pizzolato, and he’s the writer of this one as well, and it’s been a lot of fun. The characters are very interesting, very complicated.”
Although he’s best known as a comedic actor, Vaughn said he took the True Detective role because it allowed him to explore another side of his acting. “I just thought it was tremendous, and for me, I haven’t done drama in a while. So to get a chance to go into something so well put together, I felt very excited,” he said.
Unlike the original series, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, the new season will revolve around three police officers — Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch — and a longtime criminal, Vaughn, in the aftermath of a murder. It premieres June 21.
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