What role will Boyd Holbrook play in The Morning Show? Details explored as actor joins cast for season 4

Apple TV's successful drama series The Morning Show is making another interesting addition to its already impressive list of new actors in the fourth season. It's reported that Narcos famed actor Boyd Holbrook is joining the esteemed cast list of the show.

Boyd will play a popular and provocative podcaster named Brodie. His character is designed around some of the most popular current podcasters like Joe Rogan.

The Morning Show premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1, 2019, with Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell leading the talent in front of the camera. Since then, many popular faces have been added to the show in subsequent seasons.

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Boyd Holbrook will play a podcaster in The Morning Show

As mentioned above, Boyd Holbrook will play a podcaster named Brodie in the fourth season of The Morning Show. His character will resemble some popular podcasters like Joe Rogan, Russell Brand, etc.

One of the factors that made The Morning Show so successful apart from the gripping drama is the show's penchant to focus on current social and geopolitical topics and bring them forward in the most engaging way.

As podcasts are among the most popular mediums of media interaction, it seems like a good move to add the character of a podcaster to the show. Fans will be interested to know more about the hidden world behind the podcasts.

Apart from Holdbrook, the fourth season will also see actors like Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, William Jackson Harper and Aaron Pierre become a part of The Morning Show cast.

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A look at Boyd Holbrook's career

Boyd Holbrook in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Image via IMDb)

The DEA agent Steve Murphy from Neflix's classic Narcos used to be a professional carpenter for Jenny Wiley Theatre in Kentucky, where his performing talent was discovered.

He started a modeling career in 2001 and worked with popular agencies and esteemed designers. His film career properly started with David Fincher's Gone Girl in 2014.

Soon he became part of two megaprojects. First was the Netflix masterpiece Narcos in which he played Steve Murphy till season 3, and second was the gritty comic book film Logan alongside Hugh Jackman.

Holbrook's next big role was in Netflix's The Sandman series as The Corinthian. He collaborated with Logan's director James Mangold for the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny alongside acting legend Harrison Ford.

Apart from modeling, acting and carpentry, Holbrook is also involved in photography and sculpting.

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What is The Morning Show about?

The Morning Show is a political drama inspired by Brian Stelter's book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. The show is created by screenwriter and political advisor Jay Carson and developed by Kerry Ehrin.

Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston serve as the show's executive producers and lead actors. Actors like Steve Carell, Billy Crudup and John Hamm also play major parts in the series.

In the first season, Carell played a morning show host who is accused of sexual misconduct that costs him his job. But as the case progresses, the multifaceted side of the case comes forward.

Each season of the show brings forward politically charged contemporary events, such as the Metoo movement, COVID-19, political division, racial inequality, etc, and presents a layer of perspective on these topics. The inclusion of Holbrook, Marion Cotillard and others has given fans a reason to get impatient for the next season.

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All the seasons of The Morning Show are available on Apple TV+ for streaming. Fans can watch the show with a subscription.