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Mayor of Kingstown Season 2: Hugh Dillon Hints at Jeremy Renner’s Major Transformation


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Mayor of Kingstown Season 2 has officially debuted. The show's director Hugh Dillon has nothing but good praise for Jeremy Renner's second-season performance and teases a major transformation of his character.

The debut episode of Mayor of Kingstown Season 2 dropped Sunday, January 15. And while Renner is still recovering in the hospital following his snowplow accident, Dillon has hinted at a "very powerful and transformative performance" from the actor.

Hugh Dillon Teases Jeremy Renner's Performance in Mayor of Kingstown Season 2.

In an interview with Screen Rant, the Canadian singer-actor revealed that The Avengers star naturally knew what he wanted to do.

"He's loved by that crew and the cast, and because he has such integrity, his decisions are not knee-jerk. They are all thought out, very much like Taylor's," he said.

"He's so beautifully honest that he thinks of everything as a way to serve a character," he continued. "For me as a creator, it's gratifying seeing his commitment and what he brings to it. I'm so intimately close to him as an actor as well, and I see how he cares about the team and the crew."

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Dillon continued that Renner was an "exceptional performer," even comparing him to the likes of Robert De Niro.

"His performance this year is like watching [Robert] De Niro in Raging Bull. You're watching that transformation by the end of the season," he added. "He's an exceptional performer, and And [in terms of] what he does as a producer? He's just an exceptional human being, and he's unstoppable in every regard."

Hugh Dillon Hints at Mayor of Kingstown Season 3

In a different interview with Deadline, Dillon revealed that he and co-creator Taylor Sheridan were already preparing for a possible Mayor of Kingstown Season 3.

"Taylor and I have multiple ideas for multiple seasons," he told the publication.

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"Taylor and I have multiple ideas for multiple seasons," he continued. "If everything went according to plan with Paramount+ and the rest of it, I would think that we'd start [on Season 3] in August, September, maybe pre-production in the summer."

However, the new season's production schedule still depends on the recovery of Renner, who plays the show's protagonist Mike McClusky.

"I heard about it from one of the other producers," Dillon added. "I saw it on the news, and then he sent me a video. [Renner is] very funny. I just think the world of that guy, and I'm happy he's surrounded by his family. Anything we can do to help, we will. That's the biggest thing. He's like family."

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Mayor of Kingstown Season 2 is now streaming on Paramount+, and new episodes drop every Sunday.

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