Matthew Fox performs a key function in Taylor Sheridan‘s The Madison — however he received’t be again in season 2.
“It is a contained expertise for me within the present, and I’m very glad about that,” Fox, 59, informed TV Insider on Tuesday, March 10 about his future on the present. “It’s been an unbelievable expertise.”
Fox’s costar Beau Garrett steered that “you by no means know” the place the present may go, to which he replied, “You do by no means know, I suppose. But it surely’s been nice.”
Earlier than The Madison‘s premiere, star Kurt Russell hinted that the present filmed two seasons without delay to accommodate his schedule.
“I did the second season of Monarch (Legacy of Monsters), the Apple TV present, and sadly for me, the timing was when Madison got here round,” Russell, 74, defined to Leisure Weekly final month. “And I stated, ‘There’s simply no method to do it,’ as a result of I used to be engaged on this present.”
Sheridan, 55, and star Michelle Pfeifferwho each function govt producers on the sequence, got here up with a method to delay taking pictures Russell’s season 1 scenes.

“Michelle Pfeiffer and Taylor had been in a position to get along with the folks at Paramount+ and stated, ‘Nicely, let’s do two seasons as a substitute of only one,’” Russell recalled. “‘After which earlier than we begin the second season subsequent yr, as a substitute of doing that, we’ll begin with Kurt’s stuff. We actually do need him to play the man. And we’ll get his first season out of the way in which first, and jam all that in there, after which go into the second season and do this.’ And so we had been in a position to try this.”
Whereas no official announcement has been made about season 2, Russell’s costar Elle Chapman revealed on social media that manufacturing wrapped in January. Russell, in the meantime, confirmed that The Madison has six episodes slated per season.
The Madisonwhich premieres Saturday, March 14, on Paramount+, has viewers being launched to the fictional Clyburn household. After originating from New York Metropolis, the Clyburns relocated to the Madison River valley of southwest Montana for emotional restoration following a tragedy that shattered the household.
Pfeiffer, 67, and Russell lead the forged of the highly-anticipated sequence, which additionally contains Patrick J. Adams, Chapman, Fox, Garrett, Amiah Miller, Ben Schnetzer and Kevin Zegers. Rebecca Spence, Alaina Pollack and Danielle Vasinova make up the remainder of the forged — with a visitor look from Will Arnett.
“I actually like what The Madison is. It’s a sensible present,” Russell informed EW.
Russell additionally referred to Sheridan as a “actually good author.”
“Taylor’s wonderful, and Michelle (Pfeiffer)’s nice, and he or she’s actually nice on this present. Speaking about awards — I feel they’re going to be trying Michelle’s means,” he famous. “They’re all actually good, however it’s (Sheridan’s) writing that’s so compelling.”
Russell continued: “I feel that it’s a really totally different present for Taylor in that it’s a really female-gaze-oriented present. And I feel it’s extraordinarily nicely written, it was enjoyable to play. It was actually enjoyable to do. I simply had fun.”
The Madison premieres Saturday, March 14, on Paramount+.

