{"id":419570,"date":"2026-01-20T22:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419570\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:34:07","slug":"angel-reese-joins-the-hunting-wives-season-2-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419570\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Joins ‘The Hunting Wives’ Season 2 Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTwo-time WNBA all-star Angel Reese<\/a> has joined the cast of \u201cThe Hunting Wives<\/a>\u201d Season 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe\u2019ll play a character known as Trainer Barbie, which Netflix describes as a \u201cco-starring role.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe drama series, starring Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman, became a breakout hit for Netflix after it aired in July 2025. It follows Sophie (Snow), who moves from the East Coast to East Texas and joins the elite social circle of Margo (Akerman) known as the \u201cHunting Wives,\u201d who conceal a dangerous web of secrets.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the Season 2 logline: \u201cSophie and Margo are on the outs. But soon enough, old secrets and new foes force them back together. As they play their dangerous games the question arises. Are they the hunters or the hunted?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Hunting Wives\u201d also stars Evan Jonigkeit, Katie Lowes, George Ferrier, Dermot Mulroney, Jaime Ray Newman and Chrissy Metz. Rounding out the cast are Jaime Ray Newman, Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit, George Ferrier, Karen Rodriguez, Hunter Emery and Branton Box. Reese joins previously announced Season 2 newcomers John Stamos, Kim Matula, Alex FitzAlan, Dale Dickey and Cam Gigandet.<\/p>\n

\n\tReese\u2019s character\u2019s name, Trainer Barbie, appears to be a play on her basketball nicknames, Bayou Barbie and Chi Barbie. As the star player at LSU, she led the team to its first national championship and was named Most Outstanding Player. In 2024, she was drafted to the Chicago Sky, and she\u2019s now a two-time WNBA all-star.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Hunting Wives\u201d Season 2 is currently in production. The series is created by Rebecca Cutter and based on the bestselling novel by May Cobb. The show is produced by Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment, and Netflix acquired the first season before release from Starz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time WNBA all-star Angel Reese has joined the cast of \u201cThe Hunting Wives\u201d Season 2. She\u2019ll play a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3691,99,22917,434],"class_list":["post-419570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-sports","tag-the-hunting-wives","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}