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Jeff Bridges Breaks Down ‘The Old Man’ Season 2 Finale and How It Sets Up a Potential Third Season


For the Season 2 finale of 'The Old Man," Jeff Bridges breaks down its twists, talks post-cancer fight scenes and where Dan Chase fits into his career.

Once in a safe house to recover with Zoe watching over him, Chase was also reunited with his presumed-dead daughter Emily (Alia Shawkat), who opened up the story for would make up the show’s third season. As viewers wait for renewal news, Bridges talked to Variety about Chase’s complicated relationships with the surprising women in his life, how the Academy Award-winning actor managed the intense role while dealing with his own personal bout with stomach cancer and where he places “The Old Man” in his well-versed acting career. Emily’s even holding herself differently in that scene, since she has a level of power and responsibility that she didn’t have before given she now controls the valuable Meshbahar deposit.

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