EXCLUSIVE: Paradise is adding a high-profile cast member. Shailene Woodley has been tapped for a major recurring role in the upcoming second season of Hulu’s breakout political thriller from creator Dan Fogelman and 20th Television.
No one would comment, but I hear Woodley’s heavy arc is tied to Agent Xavier Collins’ (Sterling K. Brown) mission teed off at the end of the Season 1 finale, with Woodley playing a prominent survivor. Filming on Season 2 is currently underway.
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Season 1 of Paradise is streaming on Hulu in the U.S., where it regularly ranked at No. 1 throughout its run, and Disney+ internationally. It will get a full broadcast run on sibling ABC beginning April 7 in the Monday 10 p.m. hour.
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Paradise’s well-reviewed first season is set in a serene community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But the tranquility explodes when a shocking murder occurs, and a high-stakes investigation unfolds. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin and Percy Daggs IV star in Season 1, executive produced by Fogelman, Brown, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, John Hoberg, Jess Rosenthal and Steve Beers.
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Known for her starring turns in the Divergent and The Fault In Our Stars movies and The Secret Life of the American Teenager TV series, Woodley earned an Emmy nomination for her role on HBO’s Big Little Lies.
Most recently, she made her Broadway debut in Leslye Headland’s Cult of Love alongside Zachary Quinto and Barbie Ferreira. In 2024, Woodley completed production on Potsy Ponciroli’s movie Motor City, and was seen as a lead in Amazon MGM Studios’ film Killer Heat and Starz’s series Three Women. She is repped by CAA and Range Media Partners.