Dexter Morgan is back, officially, now that Paramount+ with Showtime dropped the first episode of “Dexter: Resurrection” on Friday, July 11. IndieWire’s Ben Travers gave the series cautiously positive marks, writing, “Dexter’s new lease on life may actually be worth waking the dead.” New episodes will continue weekly through September 5.
Michael C. Hall has been playing Dexter now, off and on, since 2006. While Hall has certainly appeared in numerous other projects in the 19 years since the pilot aired — from “The Crown” to “Safe” and “Game Night” — the “Dark Passenger” (Dexter’s nickname for his thirst to kill) has been character he just can’t shake, though he assured Vanity Fair in an interview that leaves Dexter’s unsavory qualities on set.
“Thankfully, I’m not predisposed to act on the kind of compulsions that Dexter’s afflicted by — but yeah, I mean, certainly when we finish shooting a season, I need some time to just put it away, if nothing else,” he explained. “It’s just his life is so stressful. I could never live a life this fraught with stress. I mean, I guess everybody’s life is stressful, but Dexter’s is sort of beyond.”
Hall does speculate, though, on why he is able to play the character, for which he has received six Emmy nominations, so well.
“I’m not crazy; I know I’m not him. I know he doesn’t actually exist. He’s just words on a page, and a character, and an idea that remains a mysterious one for me. I don’t feel that I necessarily have any more of a hold on the character than I ever did. I intuitively know how to play him, but I don’t know — he’s probably done a number on me that I couldn’t even tell you about because the lines are so blurred. But I don’t think I’m him, thankfully,” he said.
Asked by Vanity Fair what his “Dark Passenger” was, Hall responded, “None of your business.”
Hall also described the new season — which moves the action from Los Angeles to New York City — as an opportunity for the character to have “a second chance at life,” saying that Dexter has “been finally released from what’s been a burdensome relationship to his past.”
Take a look at the “Dexter: Resurrection” trailer below.
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