Woody Harrelson Says “No Chance” Of ‘True Detective’ Return

As HBO and returning showrunner Issa López gear up for another season of True Detective, Woody Harrelson is retiring Det. Marty Hart.

The 3x Oscar nominee recently shut down hopes that he will reunite with Season 1 co-star and longtime pal Matthew McConaughey for another round of the prestige anthology crime drama after they launched the show in 2014.

“Matthew’s so funny In fairness, never. No chance,” he said on 3rd Hour of Today after McConaughey teased the possiblity.

“Because it turned out great,” added Harrelson. I love that it turned out the way it did, and if anything, doing another season would, I think, tarnish that.”

Created by Nic Pizzolatto, Season 1 of True Detective followed Detectives Marty Hart and Rust Cohle (McConaughey) as they investigate the murder of Dora Lange from 1995 to 2002, before new evidence forces them to revisit the case 10 years later as it may be connected to a series of unsolved murders.

After Pizzolatto said that both actors were “open” to reprising their roles and he has “another story” in mind for them, McConaughey said they were “keen on the idea but it’s nothing more than an idea.”

“If Nic puts something on paper that Woody and I think is good enough, it wouldn’t even be a choice,” he told NME. “We would look at it and go, ‘it must happen.’ It’s gotta be damn good though because we set a pretty good precedent!”

Meanwhile, Harrelson noted he and McConaughey are teaming up for another project. “This is a comedy, half-hour, and hopefully people dig it,” he said.