Grief has left Claire Danes’ Aggie Wiggs hollow and desperate for purpose, but when Matthew Rhys arrives next door as the enigmatic Nile Jarvis — a real-estate mogul once suspected of murder — the trailer for “The Beast in Me” promises a slow burn of paranoia, attraction, and dread.
In an EW interview, Rhys confessed he had to convince the producers he could be genuinely creepy: “I had to persuade them that I can be creepy,” he says, joking that he even parked outside Danes’ house to make his point. That persistence paid off — showrunner Howard Gordon says Rhys brought “charm, funny, and charismatic. But he is scary.”
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Created by Gabe Rotter and produced with Antonio Campos, the arthouse indie filmmaker behind “Christine” and “Afterschool,” who’s recently shifted into television with the critically-acclaimed “The Staircase,” the series frames Aggie’s fixation as a dangerous authorship: chasing Nile’s demons while fleeing her own until the hunter starts to look hunted. Campos’ move from indie cinema into prestige TV seems to give the show its cool, clinical gaze.
The supporting cast includes Brittany Snow and Natalie Morales, with guest roles from Jonathan Banks, David Lyons, Tim Guinee, Hettienne Park, Deidre O’Connell, Aleyse Shannon, Will Brill, Kate Burton, Bill Irwin, Amir Arison, and Julie Ann Emery. Executive producers include Daniel Pearle, Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross, David Kissinger, Caroline Baron, and Jodie Foster, with 20th Television serving as the production company.
Obsession, grief, power, secrets — the trailer suggests a series that doesn’t just investigate a murder, but also examines how easily the hunter can become the hunted. All eight episodes of “The Beast in Me” premiere on November 13, 2025 (all episodes released at once).
