I’m hearing Guillermo del Toro will have a role in season 4 of HBO’s “Barry.” It won’t be anything major, and I have no idea if the filmmaker will be playing himself, but consider me intrigued by this news.
Del Toro has not been shy in expressing his love for Bill Hader’s hitman comedy. It’s one of the very best shows on TV at the moment. Del Toro wrote in 2019:
“I used to admire Bill Hader as an actor (not just comedy, the man has huge range) but now I feel that way about him as director.”
“Hader is a massive well-cultured Cinephile and a punctillious storyteller. His added advantage is to value disruptive violence, Pathos and humor as things that happen often all at once.”
“Barry” follows Hader as hitman Barry Berkman, whose trip to Los Angeles to assassinate someone goes terribly wrong and he, unintentionally, ends up joining an acting class. This inspires him to begin asking questions about his own path in life.
Hader’s “Barry” is a show that works like wonders and feels vividly alive. It’s the best kind of dark comedy; filled with nasty thrills, a perfect sense of comic-timing and incredible casting.
The third season aired its final episode in the summer. The fourth, and final, season has supposedly already been shot.