Zoë Kravitz on Big Little Lies Season 3: "Unfortunately, It's Done"

Update: In a new interview, star Zoë Krvaitz said though the cast discussed a season three, it's not happening.

"I don't think it is. We talked about doing a season three a lot, but unfortunately, Jean-Marc Vallée, our incredible director, passed away this last year," Kravitz shared. "I just can't imagine going on without him. He really was the visionary for that show. So, unfortunately, it's done." Vallée passed away last year, due to a fatal cardiac arrhythmia. He was 58 years old.

Original: The season two finale of Big Little Lies aired in 2019 on HBO, and it could be the last fans will see of the Monterey Five, as a season three looks unlikely, though not entirely out of the question. Here's everything we know so far:

Reese Witherspoon wants to cast J.Lo in season 3.

During an Instagram live call with Laura Dern, Witherspoon said that she'd love J.Lo to costar in Big Little Lies, should there be a third season.

"I'm always hoping for J.Lo to show up, just 'cause I really enjoy some J.Lo," she said. Witherspoon also hinted that a season three might be in the works. (Or at least that it is a possibility.)

"We want to do it, we're just kind of waiting... We're trying guys! We're trying to come up with the right story."

In an interview with Variety in June of 2020, Regina King asked her if there might be a possibility for another season, an Witherspoon responded "I never say never, because we thought “Big Little Lies” was going to be one season, and we had no idea we were going to go back."

Nicole Kidman says there's still a chance for Big Little Lies to return.

"Everyone says, ‘Are you going to do a season three?'" Kidman told Elle in October of 2019. "We’re like, 'Just give us a sec.'" But she soon added, "We’d love to [do another season] because we love being together, and it’s lovely spending time with your friends, and with such good material."

In an interview with Deadline in November, Kidman said that if a season three happens, it will be born out of a strong story.

"The muse is Liane, and she will construct something, so it’s left there. And I like how that is, that it’s David and Liane. It’s David’s show. David E. Kelley constructed this show with Liane Moriarty. They built it from the ground up, and it’s their show, and we’ll see if they’re ignited into building a life for these women, and which way they would go next. We’ll find out. But it’s so nice as actors having that, and that’s where it started. That’s where the second one started," she said.

"If there is a third one, all of it will come from the writers, and that’s amazing. Liane is deeply talented. David is deeply talented, and the combination of them is extraordinary. So, where they would take it, I have no idea. You have to bow down to the writers, because that really is where it starts. Unless you’re a director/writer, and then you write it. But this show, we’ll see what Liane can muster, and if she has an interest in it."

But she's still aware that it'll be tough to get the cast back together. "I don’t think we’d ever get Laura [Dern] back!” she said.

“Everyone’s working ... Hopefully we can collide again at one point.”

She doubled down on her optimism in August 2020. "We'd love to do it," she said. "It's lovely when you have two seasons to have the possibility of another and to spend all of that time together and enjoy it. That's exceptional."

Laura Dern is open to playing Renata again.

When asked about the possibility of a third season at the Golden Globes, Dern said:

"Well when Reese [Witherspoon] and Nicole [Kidman] get back here you ask them, but I can never say no to Renata, and she is a dream come true to play so it's impossible to not want to play her more and be with truly my best friends."

HBO president Casey Bloys has said it's "not realistic."

Bloys said he "would do anything" with the Big Little Lies team, but the odds of everyone back together for another round of episodes are slim.

"The reality is, they are some of the busiest actresses working in Hollywood," he said, according to TVLine. "I just think it’s not realistic."

He also teased that the season will end with some kind of closure. "Season two was a chance for everyone involved to end [the franchise] in a way that feels satisfying."

Show creator David E. Kelley said "there is no plan" for another season.

Per Harper's Bazaar, when asked about plans for a third season at the Television Critics Association press tour in February, Kelly said, there was "no such plan now."

"I think that it’s one and two, and we like where our closure is at the end of season two, so that will probably be it."

The cast was also onstage, and after Kelley shot down the idea of a season three, she reminded him, "That’s what you said last time!"

"Yeah, you sat there and said the same thing!" Reese Witherspoon added.

Some people are hesitant about continuing the story.

While there's huge incentive for HBO to continue a series that has had success both critically and commercially, there's a vocal group that believes the show should have ended with season one.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, writer David E. Kelley reveals that he initially thought even creating a second season would be a mistake. "We wrote it as a one-off and we ended it in a way that was very lyrical. But we ended on a lie. I get so protective of characters and series, too, that I don't want to damage them in any way, and I so loved how we ended year one and I thought, Let's just leave it at that," he said.

But then he was convinced by the character Meryl Streep is playing that a second season could work.

"Liane [Moriarty, author of the novel Big Little Lies] wrote a novella of [new] stories, and most of them we're using," he shared. "But the genius one was introducing this character who's being played by Meryl Streep. It's a delicious character and I felt bringing her in was both liberating and daunting. "

So perhaps there's still a chance that he'll change his mind once again.

Need to catch up?

Seasons one and two are available to stream or buy on a number of sites, including HBO, Hulu, and iTunes, or at the link below on Amazon.

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