Presumed Innocent star Peter Sarsgaard will not be returning for the second season of the show, with the actor saying he's "not interested" in sequels.
The Apple TV+ series, the second adaptation of Scott Turow's 1987 novel, follows prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Jake Gyllenhaal) as he attempts to clear his name after becoming the prime suspect in the murder of his colleague, with whom he was having an affair.
Following the conclusion of the eight-part series, Apple TV+ confirmed that they had renewed the show for a second season, hinting that it could become an anthology as they teased that the next season would revolve around a "suspenseful, brand new case".
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Whether the show continues with the same characters or not, it seems that Sarsgaard, who is married to Gyllenhaal's sister Maggie, will not be reprising his role as prosecutor Tommy Molto, with the star telling IndieWire that he has little interest in revisiting past characters.
"I'm not really that interested in sequels. I think I've only ever done one season of anything… I think I'm a one-season person," he remarked. "I tell my kids this sometimes, maybe I've done 90, 100 different things over the years between movies, TV shows and plays.
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"I say, 'I'm very good at saying hello and saying goodbye.' There's a very valuable thing in saying goodbye because then you have to look for another source of inspiration and then you change.
"I get asked all the time, 'Did I gain weight, lose weight, grow a beard?', all of that. I'm sort of just doing all of that all the time. If I were playing something over and over again, I would have to keep coming back to the same territory.
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"I've actually found that acting has been really valuable in terms of just being a person, and I think part of it is that I've had all of these really interesting experiences not just playing different characters but collaborating with different people."
Whilst Sarsgaard has seemingly ruled himself out of returning as Tommy, he did remark that he felt the character had been misunderstood by viewers, saying: "It's funny because for me, obviously with Presumed Innocent now, to me I'm not a villain in that - I'm just a guy who lives by himself.
"I'm playing a decent person in that. And actually during the run of Presumed Innocent, I did a Q & A at one point and someone was like, 'How are you so creepy?' and stuff, and I really object to it. Most of the characters that I play, I have my arm around them. They're right there with me."
Presumed Innocent is available to stream on Apple TV+ now.
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Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
