Gina Rodriguez Boards Will Trent Season 3 — But Who Is She Playing?
We’ve got our first piece of Will Trent Season 3 intel — and it’s a biggie.
Gina Rodriguez has boarded the ABC crime drama as a series regular, TVLine has confirmed. She’ll play Marion Alba, “a charismatic, confident Assistant District Attorney new to Atlanta,” according to the official character breakdown. “After her first encounter with Will falls flat, the pair is surprised to learn that they must work together to investigate a crime in the world of Atlanta gangs.” (Our sister site Deadline was first to report the news.)
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The introduction of ADA Alba comes on the heels of Will and Angie’s Season 2 break-up. The May 21 finale took a grenade to the series’ central relationship, with Will placing Angie under arrest for tampering with evidence in the Lenny Broussard case. And with Will and Angie on a break, perhaps even a permanent one, that leaves an opening in Will’s love life.
When TVLine spoke with executive producers Liz Heldens and Daniel Thomsen about whether this would lead to the introduction of a new romantic interest — perhaps, say, Sara Linton — Heldens answered: “I think that the door is open for someone new to come into his life. We have to talk about it, and we have to talk about it with ABC — like, there’s a logistical question here: Do we want to bring in the endgame now? Or is it interesting to find somebody [else for now]? We have to be careful about that. We have to be careful about what [introducing Sara would do] to the ecosystem of the show. We need to be thoughtful about that.”
Added Thomsen: “We both kind of know that [Sara is] the endgame for Will in the [Karin Slaughter] books. At this point in Will’s life, I don’t know if he’s ready for that, and there are so many opportunities for exploration in other directions.”
Rodriguez, who most recently starred in the ABC comedy Not Dead Yet, is best known to TV audiences for her titular role in The CW’s beloved telenovela Jane the Virgin, which wrapped its five-season run in 2019. She currently hosts the ABC game show Lucky 13, opposite NBA vet Shaquille O’Neal.
Will Trent Season 3 will premiere in early 2025, where it is expected to enjoy a (mostly) uninterrupted 18-episode run. In the meantime, hit the comments and let us know if you’re looking forward to Rodriguez’s debut.
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