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Christian Slater being cast in the upcomingDexterprequel series creates a full circle moment more than three decades in the making.Slater will play Dexter Morgan’s father Harry, one of the several key characters from theDexteroriginal series who are set to return in the highly anticipatedprequel seriesDexter: Original Sin.Dexter: Original Sinwill feature a new actor as the legendary titular character for the first time in the franchise’s celebrated history after Michael C. Hall portrayed Dexter for nine seasons.
The upcomingDexterprequel series will chronicle the beginning of Dexter Morgan’s forensics career at the Miami Metro Police Department, which will bring back the original characters ofAngel Batista, María LaGuerta, Vince Masuka, and Dexter’s adoptive sister Debra. TheDexterprequel series recently castPatrick Dempsey of Grey’s Anatomyfame as a new character in the story world. Dempsey will play Captain Aaron Spencer, a fellow police officer of Harry Morgan, Dexter’s father, who had previously been portrayed by James Remar.
Dexter Cast & Where They Are Now
The cast of the Dexter original series has gone on to appear in dozens of films and television shows after the celebrated series concluded in 2013.
Christian Slater’s Harry Morgan Casting Is Ironic After Playing Serial Killer JD In Heathers
Slater played a serial killer in the 1989 classic
Slater will play a younger version of Harry Morgan inDexter: Original Sin, who is a cop who guides his son’s murderous impulses into being a vigilante serial killer. In 1989’sHeathers, Slater played Jason “JD” Dean, a teenage serial killer who at first tries to twist his murders to appear morally based as he killed the mean popular kids at school. While Dexter and JD operate based on completely different modus operandi, they both at one point determine the murders through a mutual sense of doing society at large a favor.
With Slater portraying Harry instead of Dexter Morgan inDexter: Original Sin, he will take on the role ofhelping a college-aged Dexter channel his “dark passenger” for societal good. In the Dexter original series, Harry was a well-respected police officer who adopted Dexter after his mother had been brutally murdered. When he discovered that Dexter had several signs of a budding psychopath, he developed a code that he instilled in Dexter to only kill other murderers and serial killers.
How Old Dexter’s Returning Characters Are In Showtime’s New Prequel Show
The six original Dexter characters returning for Dexter: Original Sin will be portrayed by new cast members, some of which have interesting age gaps.
Dexter: Original Sin’s Timeline Makes Christian Slater’s Casting Irony Even Greater
Both projects are set around the same time period
Dexter: Original Sinis set in 1991, only two years afterHeatherswas released in theaters, meaning that the timeline and sentiment of that era underscored inHeatherswill also be very ingrained in theDexterprequel. The notion of Dexter as a socially integrated serial killer works better in the 1990s anyway and makes it more plausible that the serial killer in training wouldn’t get caught.Slater proved to be an exceptional albeit shady mentor inMr. Robotand is poised to add a great deal of complexity to Harry Morgan’s character in the upcomingDexterprequel series.
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Dexter
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Dexter is a television series following Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Police who secretly leads a dual life as a vigilante serial killer. Released in 2006, the show focuses on Dexter’s internal conflict as he hunts down criminals who elude justice within the legal system.
