True Detective Pairings: Lupita Nyong’o and Rachel McAdams
By Josh Hill
As we wait for the next season of True Detective to arrive, fans everywhere are trying to figure out who the best pairings for the new season. We know that there will be three lead roles, but there is still hope that the two detective roles will be filled by female characters as it’s the least we can do for having the characters of the female persuasion so drastically underwritten in the first season.
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The list of possible pairings are endless, but if we’re going to go big we might as well go real big and pairing together Lupita Nyong’o and Rachel McAdams could end up being brilliant.
For Nyong’o, the show could be her first major step to a long career — not that she’s not already on that trajectory. But we’ve seen Oscar winners get swallowed up by the moment and they sometimes fade away quicker than they otherwise should. No one is expecting that for Nyong’o but a hit role on a hit show would only mean good things for her Oscar follow up.
On the other side of things is Rachel McAdams, who has been looking for that one breakout role her whole career but hasn’t yet found it. She has leading lady looks and top billing talent but she always finds her way into films that just don’t make her pop the way she’s capable of doing.
We’d also kill two birds with one stone, as if two white actresses are cast then the diversity of the show will become a huge problem — rightfully so. We saw black characters in season one but not in a prominent role or one that was there for anything other than the advancement of the story. Nyong’o is Oscar winning talent so to not fully tap into that and use it for True Detective would be an absolute waste.
What do you think of Rachel McAdams and Lupita Nyong’o as True Detectives in season 2? Sound off in the comments section below and let your opinion be heard.