Banshee Season 3 Asks: Who Is Lucas Hood?

Antony Starr | Photo Credits: Gregory Shummon/Cinemax

After two seasons of bloody, bone-crunching, pulpy action on Cinemax’s Banshee, viewers still know very little about the show’s protagonist, Sheriff Lucas Hood.

Hell, that’s not even his real name. But in fairness, Antony Starr‘s charming con man — who assumed the role of sheriff back in Season 1 when he strolled into the small town looking for the love of his life Carrie Hopewell (Ivana Milicevic) — doesn’t really even know himself! But that’s about to change. After a Season 2 finale that featured the death of Rabbit (Ben Cross), the gangster who cost Lucas 15 years in prison and hunted him the second he was free, creator and executive producer Jonathan Tropper says Lucas will finally have to take a closer look at himself.

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“The excitement for Season 3 was moving forward,” Tropper says. “Even when you’re faking being sheriff, if you’ve been in that office long enough, there’s something in you that starts to believe you really are the sheriff. So, it really became a season of identity…


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