Gabriel Basso is back in the role of Peter in the action-packed Netflix series that made the streaming service's top 10 list.

The actor opens up to PEOPLE about season 2 of the Netflix political action thriller and welcoming the 'Pitch Perfect' star to the cast in a recurring role as Alice

One of Netflix ’s biggest ever thrillers is back in action for season 2, two years after the series blew fans away and scored tens of millions of views. However, the lead star has admitted that the extraordinary amount of time that people have spent watching it around the world ‘freaks him out’.

Stefan Pape interviews Gabriel Basso on The Night Agent S2, doing his own stunts + working with Clint Eastwood.

Agent star Gabriel Basso is back as Peter Sutherland in the second season of the popular Netflix series, but there's a lot more to the actor

The Netflix thriller star told This Morning it was "wild" that he was forever linked to Donald Trump's vice-president after playing him in Hillbilly Elegy.

“The Night Agent” star Gabriel Basso has opened up about what it was like playing Vice President JD Vance. Basso, 30, who portrayed Vance, 40, in the 2020 film adaptation of his book “Hillbilly Elegy,” says he finds it “kind of weird” to be a part of the “timeline” that tracks the author-turned-politician’s rise to VP.

As noted, Noor is played by Arienne Mandi, a 30-year-old actor from Los Angeles who kickstarted her on-screen career in 2014 with a role in a TV series called The Interns.

While Gabriel Basso did his best with the material, his Peter Sutherland being the centre of the series didn't help proceedings. The character is the archetype action hero – a duty bound, utterly moral figure, with little to demarcate him from Jacks Ryan or Reacher.

The short answer is that no, The Night Agent is not a true story. However! While the plot and characters are entirely fictional, author Matthew Quirk says it was inspired by a real-life contact who worked in national security.

As for new cast members, David Lyons, Jennifer Morrison, Stephen Moyer, Genesis Rodriguez, Callum Vinson, and Suraj Sharma have been announced as joining season 3, though their characters remain a mystery.