‘True Detective’ Season 2 eyeing Rachel McAdams for female lead

Time is a Mean Girls reference! That’s if this latest batch of True Detective news holds true. Apparently Elisabeth Moss ain’t nailed down the female lead for the show’s second season, ’cause Rachel McAdams is now circling it.

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Elisabeth Moss seemed pretty well suited to that True Detective Season 2 gig, not least because she pulled off a similar-sounding role to great acclaim in Top of the Lake. But just because she’s qualified doesn’t mean no one else is, and now it seems she has a little competition.

According to a new report, Rachel McAdams is in the running for the same True Detective Season 2 part that Moss has been circling for the past few weeks. Meanwhile, the other three leads — Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Vince Vaughn — seem all but set. Get character details and more after the jump.

Officially, HBO hasn’t confirmed any of the actors for True Detective Season 2. However, Variety reports that Farrell, Kitsch, and Vaughn are all in final talks for their respective roles, while the female lead is still “being figured out.”

As previously reported, True Detective Season 2 will be set in California. McAdams and Moss are vying for the part of Ani Bezzerides, a no-nonsense Monterey sheriff whose troubled childhood has led to an adulthood plagued by gambling and alcohol addictions.

I’ve always had a small (major?) crush on Rachel McAdams, and I think she’s a good actress. So I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing her land the role. That said, I think either of the two women who have been attached to the female lead are fucking excellent. Do you have a preference?