When Showtime first announced theirTwin Peaksrevival, the only cast member confirmed was original series starKyle MacLachlan, who is returning as Special Agent Dale Cooper. In the months that followed, several otherTwin Peaksstars were rumored to be returning, but none of them have been confirmed by Showtime. Today,Deadlinereports that original series starSherilyn Fennis coming back to play Audrey Horne.
The site says that her character will have a “major presence” in the new series, although no plot details have been uncovered at this time. In the original series, Audrey is the daughter of Benjamin Horne (Richard Beymer), who was discovered to be the secret lover of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) before her death. Audrey was infatuated with Dale Cooper throughout the series, as she tried to help him in his investigation ofLaura Palmer’s death.
We reported in November thatMiguel Ferreris also returning to reprise his role as FBI agent Albert Rosenfield, with originalcast memberssuch as Mädchen Amick (Shelly Johnson),Sheryl Lee(Laura Palmer) andDana Ashbrook(Bobby Brooks) also rumored to be returning. Production has been under way for several months, under the direction ofDavid Lynch, but it isn’t known when Showtime plans to officially unveil the cast.
The site also reports that another original cast member, Lara Flynn Boyle, will not be returning as Audrey’s half-sister, Donna Heyward. David Patrick Kelly is believed to return as Jerry Horne, along with Richard Beymer as Benjamin Horne. New cast members include Amanda Seyfried, Balthazar Getty,Robert Knepper,Peter SarsgaardandJennifer Jason Leigh, although nothing has been revealed about their characters yet. There have been rumors thatAmanda Seyfriedmay be playing the daughter of Dale Cooper andHeather Graham’s Annie Blackburn.
Showtime had originally planned on airing the new series in 2016, which lines up with a cryptic passage of dialogue from the series finale back in 1991, where Laura Palmer tells Dale Cooper that he’ll see her again, in 25 years. Unfortunately, it was confirmed in November that theTV serieswon’t debut until 2017.David Lynchis directing from a massive script he wrote with original series co-creatorMark Frost. The entire season is being shot as one gigantic movie, that will be cut into individual episodes in post-production. The show was originally set to air 9 episodes, but now it may be as many as18 episodes.Sherilyn Fennmost recently played Donna Cochran in Showtime’sRay Donovan, and she will next be seen on the big screen inSomething About HerandThe Secrets of Emily Blair.
