Harry Hamlin Hints at Cortland’s Fate in Season 2

The end of Mayfair Witches‘ first season saw Cortland Mayfair (Harry Hamlin) get his comeuppance when Rowan chose not to kill him, instead turning him into stone. However, with the recently-released preview for Season 2 of the AMC series, it seems Cortland might not remain a statue for long. According to Hamlin, things are set to get very weird for Cortland in the upcoming season. Speaking with Collider, Hamlin revealed that Cortland finds his way out, but a lot happens to his character going forward.

“I find my way out and then a lot of very, very weird things happen to Cortland,” Hamlin explained.

“My father is a new cast member, Ted Levine, who was Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs and is an extraordinary actor,” he continued, referencing the addition of Levine’s Julian Mayfair. “I mean, watch out because it’s crazy.”

Hamlin previously spoke with ComicBook at the end of Season 1, suggesting at that time that Cortland “always gets what he wants” and hinted that however Cortland’s stone situation would be resolved, it would be “cool”.

“I think that Cortland always gets what he wants,” Hamlin told ComicBook. “He has been playing the long game, but he gets a curveball when he is diagnosed with ALS. And ALS is a death sentence, and he knows that, so he’s got to make a deal with Lasher to somehow get Lasher to cure him of ALS. He’s a very manipulative dude, Cortland. And he has to somehow corral this family of females. But he has his ways and his means that he has learned over his lifetime how to manipulate them. And I think at some point he’s also terrified, even though he’s sort of cured at the end of the episode. He’s terrified that, apparently, I’m conscious as I’m frozen there, and I know what’s going on but I can’t move a muscle so I’m terrified I may stay in that same position for the rest of my days. I don’t know how that’s going to be resolved exactly, but I know it’s going to be cool.”

As for Season 2 of Mayfair Witches, AMC describes it as continuing the journey of Rowan Mayfair (Daddario) after she has unwittingly given birth to the demon Lasher (Jack Huston). Rowan is determined to understand what Lasher has become — human or monster? — and to use him to fulfill her purpose as a healer. However, when tragedy strikes, she must put aside her own desires and fight to protect her family.

Source: Collider, ComicBook