Which hunting wives stars are – and are not – back for season 2?
The hunting women Comes back for season 2 – but does everyone return after that book changes?
Based on May CobbThe novel with the same name, the hit Netflix series follows Sophie (Brittany Snow) While she has packed herself in Socialite Margo’s (Malin Åkerman) track. Sophie becomes friends with Margo’s Circle of Housewives, but their dangerous secrets lead to a shocking murder with Sophie as the main suspect.
In addition to Åkerman and Snow, the show played in the lead role Katie Lowes, Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit, Chrissy Metz, Jaime Ray Newman And George Ferrier. After the show premiered in July 2025, Showrunner Rebecca cutter And the cast went on why The hunting women Did not fully stick to the source material.
“Rebecca and May Cobb have a really great relationship. They discussed a lot, and May looked like a bit of:” Go for it. ” She was on the set and was really delighted to see her characters coming to life and really loved the direction that Rebecca went in with the characters and the changes, “said Åkerman exclusively US Weekly That same month. “It is nice to have some of the changes from the book, so that people who are fans of the story can go and can also be surprised. Hopefully it is not far away where things are not too far from the book, so that they know the characters.”
Åkerman continued: “I read the scripts before I read the book, so my bias may be the other way around. But again, I just feel that we get the essence of the characters. We get the world, and I hope that fans will like it who have read the book.”
Netflix officially renewed the show in September 2025 and teased who – and would not – come back. Keep scrolling to see the entire cast list:
Brittany Snow
Snow plagued what she hopes would be explored for Sophie – especially after she killed someone before season 1 was over.
“I think that is something that she probably didn’t even struggle in herself, as far as she feels comfortable to keep herself in that box and also keep secrets of herself. That is a dark night of the soul situation that we would only see in season 2,” ” Collision In July 2025. “I don’t know how she gets there. Therapy? Maybe a really good therapist and a lot of time.”
Snow was curious how Sophie would dig himself out of the situation and added: “The thing that I like about the character of Sophie, and I feel that I enjoyed reading all eight scripts, was that Sophie ended, at the end of episode 8, exactly where she was probably in the flashback before we even see her.
Malin Åkerman
Season 2 starts with Sophie and Margo ‘On the Outs’.
“But soon old secrets and new enemies force them back together,” the official synopsis teased. “While they play their dangerous games, the question arises. Are they the hunters or hunted?”
Jaime Ray Newman
The character of Newman, Callie, also returns to season 2 after it was revealed that she killed Jill (Lowes) – who killed Starr (Metz).
Dermot Mulroney
The hunting women Wouldn’t be what it is without the Jed Banks ran from Mulroney to the office and causing chaos.
Evan Jonigkeit
Despite the end of Sophie, her alienated husband, Graham, returns in season 2.
George Ferrier
After the hunting women had introduced a secret affair between Margo and the 18-year-old son of her friend Jill, Brad (Ferrier), who was in high school in the book, Netflix Ferrier brought back for season 2.
In the meantime, Åkerman previously explained why it was important to age Brad Up in the show.
“That [underage] Element was not thrown in there. That can be a completely different conversation. So he is an adult – technical – but he is very young, “she said Us in March 2025. “He is just an adult. He happens to be the son of her best friend.”
She continued: “That is for me of the controversy. But I try not to tell a story through Margo, where I hope people strive to get her at all. While we keep looking, you could change thoughts about how you think about her. But I love all this kind of things, and all that plot-driven is going ahead.”
Chrissy Metz
After Starr’s death on the screen, the only way she could return to possible flashbacks is.
Katie Lowes
Lowes knew she was going to show that she would not return as Jill.
“I knew that when I did an audition that Jill would die, so I really leaned in it,” Lowes said Us In August 2025. ‘I was able to die a number of times, so I was just psyched. I had something like that: ‘me [gotta] Go big or go home. I [got] To have a great season from Jill who makes it as I could do it and I thought it was great. ‘
She added: “Knowing that Margo was 1757790723 I would become the murderer and Jill would die, I had something like: “Okay, let’s just concentrate on the TV show and do that so that my brain doesn’t get confused.” ‘
Michael Aaron Milligan
Sophie killed Margo’s brother, Kyle (Milligan), at the end of the first season – or right?
“I am so grateful that I worked on this project. Everyone was so great, beautiful and great to work with every day and whatever. [I would love] To call [about season 2] – or maybe some creepy adventures with the spirit of Kyle, “Milligan joked Us In August 2025. “I am sure they can become very, very creative. I am really looking forward to hearing from the team and seeing what they [could] Have ideas in the store in the store for Kyle. “
