Season 1 may have provided all the essential building blocks to help get fans to a place where they would have a new understanding of Perry Mason as a character, but that didn’t seem like a point to Matthew Rhys. very convincing start for the season. 2. “I was very relieved that they came up with a really interesting angle,” Rhys said. “We saw Mason at the end of season one, very accomplished and self-satisfied, with the new costume and his name on the door, and I didn’t want to pick up from there.”
However, the writers were able to find a new conflict that caused Rhys to return to “Perry Mason”. “They said, ‘What if Mason had a crisis of faith and he had impostor syndrome?'” the actor recalled. “I thought that was a good starting point.”
“When they introduced ‘Perry Mason’ as a limited series, it was lightning in a bottle, and you throw all the grenades in and walk out,” Rhys explained. While the performer was clearly set on leaving as audiences still cheered in regards to this project, he said he has a special place in his heart for this new version of the character. “However, several things happened with Mason, and I fell in love with that part,” Rhys admitted. “I loved the person we created, and when you set something up so well, it opens up possibilities.”