Jeff Bridges’ Dan Chase won’t be returning for a third season. FX, the network that airs the show in the U.S., has opted not to renew the small-screen thriller.
In Bridges’ first recurring television role in more than 60 years, the Oscar winner played a veteran CIA operative living off the grid who is drawn out of retirement when an old enemy from his past resurfaces looking for revenge.
The first season eventually debuted in 2022 to strong ratings and critical acclaim. But the second season was delayed after last year’s strike by Hollywood writers and actors ground the industry to a halt.
“CIA, spies, they’re probably the best actors in the world. They’re acting for their lives, so I could relate to the job of playing Dan Chase in that respect,” Bridges said.
Bridges, 75, also credited the show with keeping him out of retirement.
“I keep trying to retire,” Bridges said. “I think about it all the time. My strategy in making movies is I try to resist it. I don’t want to do movies because I know what it takes. It’s not just the hard work, it’s time away from my family and all this other stuff I like to do. I spend a lot of time resisting things that I’m offered. So the things that I end up doing, like The Old Man, are things I resisted, but … it became too intriguing to resist and I get sucked into that.”