Jeremy Irons joins season 4 of 'The Morning Show'

Season four of the acclaimed Apple Original series, The Morning Show, has confirmed the big signing of the Oscar winner, Jeremy Irons.

The actor will play Martin Levy, the father of Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston), according to Variety reports.

Irons joins leading ladies Aniston and Reese Witherspoonthe returns of Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm y Nicole Behariealready Marion Cotillardanother of the new additions for season 4. Julianna Margulies is not returning for the new season.

The Apple TV+ series centers on the world of New York City morning news shows and media outlets. In the first few seasons, Alex (Aniston) and Bradley (Witherspoon) offered viewers a harrowing takedown of the morning news show and UBA, the broadcast network they work for, exposing a work culture rife with misogyny, toxicity and sexual misconduct.

Season 3 left the fate of UBA once again up in the air after Alex manages to defeat Paul Marks (Hamm) by blocking the sale of UBA to his tech company, Hyperion. But now, it looks like UBA will merge with another media company to keep the network afloat, which could mean layoffs and restructuring in Season 4.

Irons has a great filmography with projects such as The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), Moonlighting (1982), Dead Ringers (1988), Lolita (1997), Margin Call (2011), and the series The Borgias (2011-2013) y Watchmen (2019). From 2016 to 2023 he played Alfred Pennyworth in four DC Extended Universe films, while in 1994 he lent his voice to Scar for the animated classic The Lion King.

The project is partly based on an original idea by Michael Ellenberg from Media Res, and in part, in the book written by Brian StelterCNN reporter, titled Top of the Morning. Kerry Ehrin developed the series.

The director Mimi Leader She is the executive producer along with Witherspoon, Aniston, Ellenberg, Kristin Hahn, Lauren Neustadter, Micah Schraft, Zander Lehmann, and the showrunner Charlotte Stoudt. Media Res, Hello Sunshine, Candle Media and Echo Films are the production companies.