Noomi Rapace will be the co-lead in the second season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Rapace’s casting was announced at the Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego by the series’ executive producer and co-showrunner Carlton Cuse.
Rapace will play Harriet “Harry” Baumann, a member of the BND, Germany’s secret intelligence agency. Rapace’s Baumann will cross paths with Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) while he is in South America. Cuse revealed that Baumann is a “very formidable person,” and that the second season of the show “is a political thriller set in South America.”
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Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is an Amazon Prime Original that was renewed for a second season back in April despite Season 1 not having begun yet. The series will bring Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character to the small screen for the first time. Jack Ryan has been played by the likes of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine in the past.
Rapace is perhaps best know for her roles as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the scientist Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, the prequel Alien film.
Jack Ryan is a co-production of Paramount Television, Skydance Media and Platinum Dunes. The series will be executive produced by Michael Bay and show creators Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Graham Roland (Fringe). The 10-episode series will begin streaming on Amazon on Aug. 31.
