Special Agent Dale Cooper is back on the case as, after months of teasing his likely involvement in the “Twin Peaks” reboot, Kyle MacLachlan confirmed the news at Monday’s Showtime panel at the Television Critics Association press tour, THR writes.
“You look like you need damn fine cup of coffee,” he said, sauntering (in character) out onstage to join Showtime president David Nevins. The exec introduced MacLachlan, then saying, “He’ll be leading the show, and there’ll be more cast coming on as we roll through.”
Nevins, who admitted he’s “more or less writing checks and leaving them alone,” wouldn’t talk about any plot elements of the return — but he did talk about Lynch’s decision to bring it back. “I think it’s something they’ve been toying with for a long time,” he said. “I think in David’s mind, 25 years seemed like the magic number.”
That was all that was said about Twin Peaks, likely because it won’t even premiere until 2016, though before MacLachlan left the stage he got a laugh and some rare applause by telling the crowd, “May the forest be with you.”