Perry died in the season finale of Big Little Lies, right? Right?

Well, according to a new interview with Kidman, he might have survived that fall and will return in season two. Kidman told People on the red carpet that Skarsgård “didn’t abandon us, we’ll put it that way,” before producers motioned for her to be quiet and stop spoiling the plot of the second season.

Did Perry survive? How could he have survived? Why did they have a funeral for him if he survived? All very good questions that we will only get an answer to once season two commences. Is Skarsgård present in flashbacks? Or does he play his cousin Saxon? (Big Little Lies book readers know that Perry’s cousin Saxon is the spit of Perry, and that Jane originally believes him to be her rapist. In the series, Saxon doesn’t figure as heavily as he does the book.)

In the Little Gold Men podcast, Vanity Fair writers Katey Rich, Joanna Robinson and Sonia Saraiya revealed just how much of a major role Skarsgård will play in the new episodes. “He’s in a lot of this season via flashbacks, dreams and videos recorded and stuff like that,” Robinson said.

“[He figures] way more than I expected,” Rich added. So much so, Saraiya likened his presence in the second season to “haunting” the women of Big Little Lies, particularly Celeste and Jane. Colour us intrigued. We can’t wait to see just how much of a starring role Skarsgård has in season two of Big Little Lies.

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