After director Jean-Marc Vallée‘s tragic passing last December, fans of his HBO limited series “Big Little Lies” held out hope that a third season could still happen. Cast members kept their hopes up too, including Laura Dern, who told ET last month, “I mean, we would all love nothing more, we’re like family, just very lucky. I say, let’s hold out hope. Let’s keep asking, it might just come true.” However, Zoë Kravtiz doesn’t share Dern’s hope, and believes the show no longer has a future.
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Variety reports that, in a new video interview with GQ, Kravitz spoke about how she believes “Big Little Lies” can’t continue in the wake of Vallée’s death. “I don’t think it is,” Kravitz said when answering a fan question about the chances of the hit show having a third season. “We talked about doing a Season 3 a lot. Unfortunately, Jean-Marc Vallée, our incredible director, passed away this last year. It’s heartbreaking. I can’t imagine going on without him. He really was the visionary for that show. Unfortunately, it’s done.”
That sounds like a definitive answer from Kravitz on the matter. That’s too bad, as “Big Little Lies” is one of the major HBO highlights in recent years. Vallée won an Emmy for direction on the series, directing all seven of the first season’s episodes. And while he gave directorial duties on Season 2 over to Andrea Arnold, he remained creatively involved with the show. In between the two seasons, Vallée stuck with HBO to direct Amy Adams in another limited series, “Sharp Objects.”
Vallée died in December 2021 after suffering a heart attack at his cabin just outside Quebec City, Canada. The Quebecois director was only 58 years old when he passed away. Outside of his work on HBO, Vallée also director 2013’s “Dallas Buyers Club,” 2014’s “Wild” with “Big Little Lies” star Reese Witherspoon, and 2015’s “Demolition.” Before his transition into Hollywood, he worked in the Canadian film industry, making his feature debut with 1995’s “Black List.”
“Jean-Marc Vallée was a brilliant, fiercely dedicated filmmaker, a truly phenomenal talent who infused every scene with a deeply visceral, emotional truth,” HBO said in a statement after the director’s death. “He was also a hugely caring man who invested his whole self alongside every actor he directed.” The “Big Little Lies” cast also sang Vallée’s praises following his passing. “The world has lost one of our great and purest artists and dreamers. And we lost our beloved friend. Our hearts are broken,” wrote Dern in a social media post. In addition, Nicole Kidman wrote, “It’s hard to imagine someone as vital, energetic and present as Jean-Marc being gone. I’m shattered. He was at the center of my creative universe and I can’t overstate his significance to me.”
The first two seasons of “Big Little Lies” are available to stream now on HBO Max.