Kovacs Coat Altered Carbon
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Altered Carbon is undergoing a major overhaul for Season 2 — but that isn't necessarily a bad thing!
The sci-fi drama officially received its second season renewal on Friday, and with it came the announcement that Avengers star Anthony Mackie will be taking over the part of Takeshi Kovacs. In addition to Mackie replacing original star Joel Kinnaman, Season 2 will also find Fringe's Alison Schapker joining the series as co-showrunner alongside Laeta Kalogridis.
Kinnaman had confirmed shortly after the first season premiered that he wouldn't be returning for Season 2, but honestly, that announcement wasn't exactly a surprise. Given the nature of Altered Carbon's universe — in which people simply are given new bodies, or 'sleeves,' when they die — and the fact that Season 1 ended with Kovacs surrendering his current sleeve, we all knew the recasting was coming. That being said, we never expected it to be Anthony Mackie!
Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty ImagesThe role marks Mackie's first major TV gig, which is part of why this casting is so exciting. In addition to playing Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mackie is best known for Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker, Notorious and playing Martin Luther King, Jr. in the HBO movie All the Way.
The Richard K. Morgan novels on which Altered Carbon is based follow Kovacs' journey over hundreds of years, across the universe and through many sleeves, so it's possible we'll only get one season of Mackie playing the weary mercenary. To that end, let's just go into Season 2 savoring every moment of Mackie as Kovacs because our time with him in this role will likely be quite limited.
The second season will be eight episodes, but Netflix has yet to announce a premiere date. In the meantime, you can stream Season 1 right now!
Netflix's new sci-fi series 'Altered Carbon' is a cyberpunk noir story set in a world where human consciousness can be downloaded into any new body (or 'sleeve'). This advance in technology means that the same person can appear in multiple forms throughout the show's 10 episodes.
Whether you've just started watching 'Altered Carbon' or binged the whole series and need help dissecting the characters, keep reading for a look at the main characters on the show.
Takeshi Kovacs (present day in 'Altered Carbon' season one)
Takeshi Kovacs — pronounced co-vach— is the protagonist of 'Altered Carbon,' but we see him in three different sleeves throughout season one. The present-day version of Takeshi is played by Joel Kinnaman (as seen above).
Takeshi Kovacs (as seen in flashbacks to his time with the Envoys)
This sleeve is the one Kovacs spent most of his life with. In a Netflix press release, Lee's version of Kovacs is referred to as the 'Original Sleeve' or 'OG Takeshi Kovacs.'
Takeshi Kovacs (from the opening season one scene where he is arrested)
This Kovacs-sleeve is seen the least in season one of 'Altered Carbon.' But he is the first Kovacs shown on screen. This is the sleeve Kovacs used while on the run after the Envoys were destroyed at Stronghold (and it's the one he was killed in before being put into storage for 250 years).
Laurens Bancroft
Laurens Bancroft is a Meth (short for Methuselah). They are a class of people who are so wealthy and powerful that they have effectively become immortal. The Bancroft family has lived for over 300 years thanks to their cloud storage backups of their consciousness and endless clones of their chosen sleeves.
Miriam Bancroft
Miriam is Laurens Bancroft's wife, and is also an 'immortal' Meth. She was implicated in Laurens's murder because only she and her husband had access to the safe where his gun was kept, but she maintains her innocence.
Oumou Prescott
Ms. Prescott is the Bancrofts' lawyer, and often keeps in touch with the Bay City Police Department or other lower class companies on behalf of her wealthy clients.
Kristin Ortega
Kristin Ortega is a lieutenant at the Bay City Police Department. She was originally assigned to Laurens Bancroft's murder case, and he became frustrated with her when she couldn't solve the crime.
Abboud
Abboud is Kristin Ortega's partner at the Bay City Police Department. He watches over her with an almost fatherly instinct, and tries to keep her out of too much trouble.
Captain Tanaka
Captain Tanaka is the head of the Bay City Police Department, and oversees Ortega and Abboud and tries to keep the peace between the Meths like Bancroft and the regular people of the city.
Quellcrist 'Quell' Falconer
Quell is the leader of the Envoys — a rebel group of supersoldiers who were fighting against the rising inequality and powers that led to people like Bancroft becoming 'immortal.'
Bancroft gives Kovacs a rare artifact when they meet for the first time: Quell's personal notebook.
Reileen Kawahara
Reileen, or Rei, is Kovacs's little sister. They were Envoys together and trained under Quell. Kovacs hallucinates seeing both Quell and Rei in the opening episode of 'Altered Carbon.'
Vernon Elliot
Vernon is a man who Kovacs stumbles upon during the course of his investigation into Bancroft's murder. His family plays a role in the overarching series.
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Elliot
Lizzie is Vernon's daughter. Her 'stack' (the physical piece of technology that carries her consciousness) was damaged, so Vernon keeps her mind in a virtual-reality environment in order to keep her alive.
Poe
Altered Carbon Kovacs Sister
Kovacs stays in an artificial-intelligence hotel called the Ravenwood. The AI who created and maintains the establishment calls itself Poe (after the poet Edgar Allen Poe).
For more on 'Altered Carbon,' read INSIDER's full coverage here.