Veteran actor Michael Biehn has been cast in the second season of The Mandalorian, Disney+’s Star Wars series. The actor is best known for his turn as Kyle Reese in James Cameron’s The Terminator.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Biehn is set to join the second season of the Star Wars series as a bounty hunter, though details about the character remain sparse. Other actors appearing in The Mandalorian season 2 include Rosario Dawson who is reportedly cast as Ahsoka Tano.
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Biehn is best known for his collaborations with director James Cameron. Aside from playing the protagonist Kyle Reese in the first Terminator movie, Biehn worked with Cameron by appearing in Aliens (1986) and The Abyss (1989).
The Mandalorian premiered alongside Disney+ in 2019. The Star Wars live-action series starred Pedro Pascal as the titular Mandalorian tasked with finding The Child, popularly referred to as “Baby Yoda” as the two characters are from the same species.
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Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man, served as creator and showrunner, while a rotating cast of directors helmed individual episodes including director Dave Filoni, Fick Famuyiwa, Deborah Chow, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Taika Waititi.
Season two is set to premiere this October on Disney+.
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Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.
Source: IGN.com The Mandalorian Season 2 Casts The Terminator Star Michael Biehn