The second season of His Dark Materials will see a major Fleabag reunion.
Writer and actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 35, is best known for creating BBC dark comedy Fleabag and famously cast Sherlock star Andrew Scott, 43, as the Hot Priest of the show's second run.
Now Phoebe has been cast as the daemon - an animal and outer-body representation of a human's spirit - of Andrew's character, Colonel John Parry.
The news was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con at home, an annual pop culture event held virtually this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Irish actor Andrew revealed to the panel on Thursday that his daemon would be voiced by "someone who is very close to me in my real life: a young performer and writer called Phoebe Waller-Bridge."
The pair displayed palpable chemistry and sexual tension as Fleabag and the Hot Priest in Waller-Bridge's award-winning comedy.
He added: "I'm really thrilled about that because it’s all about companionship and friendship and loyalty, and that’s what I feel about Phoebe in real life."
Andrew's casting in His Dark Materials was revealed last year and his part was teased in the show's first season.
Colonel John Parry is a marine and explorer who is the absent father of young hero Will Parry (Amir Wilson), who resides in the Oxford of our world and is destined to cross paths with heroine Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen), who originates from a parallel universe to our own.
Early episodes saw Will cope with his mother Elaine ( Nina Sosanya ) and her deteriorating health as mysterious figures came looking for his father.
The newly released trailer for season two, which is based on the second novel in Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels, entitled The Subtle Knife.
In the footage, Colonel John Parry, going by the name Stanislaus Grumman in Lyra's world, crosses paths with aeronaut Lee Scoresby, played by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Will John be reunited with his son?
Other stars due to return in the second season of His Dark Materials include Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, and Ariyon Bakare as Lord Carlo Boreal.
His Dark Materials season 2 airs this Autumn on BBC One.
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