Murderbot Season 2 Added 25 New Cast Members and the List Is Absurd

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Apple TV announced the Season 2 cast for Murderbot on Wednesday with a video and the caption "even more stupid humans," which is exactly the right register for this show. Then it listed twenty-five new names.

The full roster

Ella Jay Basco, Etienne Beydon, Nicholas Braun, Steve Buscemi, Bridget Everett, Jason George, Topher Grace, Brendan Hunt, Divian Ladwa, Jaedynn Latter, Marc Menchaca, Griffin Newman, Katy O'Brian, Britne Oldford, Patton Oswalt, Nia Otchere-Sarfo, Martha Plimpton, Kali Reis, Meredith Salenger, Michael Sheen, Maddy Strauss, Wanda Sykes, Tramell Tillman, Blair Underwood and Damian Young.

All in recurring or guest roles. Characters unannounced.

Returning: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski, plus recurring guests Clark Gregg, John Cho, DeWanda Wise and Jack McBrayer.

The casting question everyone is actually asking

Season 1 ended with Murderbot — a self-hacking security construct that finds human emotion revolting and human clients weirdly compelling — leaving the people it had bonded with. Readers of Martha Wells' novellas know what comes next: a research transport vessel with an enormous personality and an unprintable self-chosen name.

Apple hasn't said who's voicing it. Half the names on that list would be plausible. Sykes and Oswalt are the popular guesses, and Michael Sheen is right there being Michael Sheen.

Tramell Tillman going from Mr. Milchick on Severance to a Murderbot guest arc is Apple TV building a repertory company in plain sight.

Season 2 is filming now. No premiere date announced.

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