Veteran character actor Clancy Brown ( Carnivale and Billions) will play the revival’s primary antagonist Kurt Caldwell, the unofficial mayor of Iron Lake ( watch teaser trailer). Rumors about a possible Debra comeback began swirling last March when Carpenter - who was killed off in the 2013 series finale - shared on Instagram a photo of herself on set decked out in Deb’s trademark horizontal stripes.Īs previously reported, Dexter 2.0 - which will premiere this fall - picks up nearly a decade after the widely panned finale, with Dexter now residing in the fictional Upstate New York small town of Iron Lake. Lithgow, meanwhile, hints to Deadline that he and Carpenter would turn up briefly via “flashback,” adding, “It was just wonderful to rejoin that gang - including Michael and Jennifer Carpenter and Clyde Phillips.”
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