Hamish Linklater boards season 2 of ‘Gen V’

Actor Hamish Linklater, known for “Manhunt” and “The Crazy Ones”, has joined the cast of Prime Video’s “Gen V” second season as a series regular.

The series, set in the world of the streamer’s popular show “The Boys”, follows the training of the first generation of superheroes at Godolkin University to know about Compound V, a mysterious substance that accords powers to humans. The new generation will get to know that their powers were injected into them, rather than God-given.

According to Deadline, Linklater will play Cipher, the newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University who is described as “charismatic and charming”

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