The Matrix Resurrections star Jonathan Groff defends David Fincher's decision to stop making Mindhunter for an indefinite amount of time. Based on John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker's non-fiction crime book of the same name, the story centers on FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench as they partner with psychologist Wendy Carr to begin building the Behavioral Science Unit within the training unit of the agency. Mindhunter centers on Ford and Tench as they travel around the country interviewing imprisoned serial killers in an effort to understand their psychology and apply it to ongoing cases, including the Atlanta child murders that occurred between 1979-81.
Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany lead the cast of Mindhunter alongside Anna Torv, Cameron Britton, Cotter Smith, Stacey Roca, Sierra McClain, Michael Cerveris, Joe Tuttle and Albert Jones. David Fincher serves as executive producer for the psychological crime thriller alongside creator Joe Penhall and David Fincher while also primarily directing the series and acting as its showrunner. After two acclaimed seasons on Netflix, the surprise announcement came shortly after its latter chapter that Mindhunter would go an indefinite hiatus due to Fincher's desire to explore other projects and though it has met some division, one close to the production is fully supportive of the move.
While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter for his role in The Matrix Resurrections, Jonathan Groff opened up about David Fincher's decision to put Mindhunter on hold. The star likened Fincher's decision to former Chicago Bulls GM Jerry Krause and his controversial choices in the team's 1997-98 season, but rather than be appalled by the indefinite hiatus, Groff commends the de facto showrunner. See what Groff said below:
"To me, Mindhunter is Fincher. The whole experience for me was the honor and privilege of getting to work with him. So I’m not a sports person really at all, but it’s like the [1997-1998] Chicago Bulls. Do you go for another season with the team? Or do you just do what the general manager says? But if the general manager believes that it should stop, you have to go with the general manager. And this is how I feel with David. The minute he says he wants to do another one, I’ll be there in a second. But I trust his vision and his instincts, and so I leave it always in his hands, as ever.”
When it was first announced that Fincher had elected to pause a potential Mindhunter season 3 in late 2019, it came as the director was finishing work on Mank, his first feature film in over five years after his award-nominated adaptation of Gone Girl. Despite this hiatus, Fincher has remained opened in the time since to return to the series, stating that it's possible he may revisit it at some point in the future but needed to step away due to exhaustion and desire to focus on other projects. The filmmaker has certainly lined up a number of exciting projects at Netflix in the time since, including a Chinatown prequel series and feature adaptation of The Killer graphic novel with Michael Fassbender set to star, the latter of which began production in November.
Mindhunter came as Groff's popularity on the screen began to rise with his recurring role in Glee, lead role in HBO's Looking and its sequel movie and voice work in both Frozen films. Though the series has been put on hold, Groff has continued to land major roles in tentpole productions, including taking over the character of Agent Smith from Hugo Weaving in the newly released The Matrix Resurrections, which is now available to stream on HBO Max and catch in theaters. Audiences can catch up with the first two seasons of Mindhunter on Netflix now.
Source: THR