Supporting actors Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin will both return for Sicario sequel Soldado, but not Emily Blunt, despite her having played protagonist Kate Macer in the original.
“Her arc was complete… I couldn’t figure out a way to write a character that would do her talent justice.”
“That was my decision, and at some point I’m going to have to talk to her about it,” screenwriter Taylor Sheridan told TheWrap.
“Here I write this lead character and then I use her as a surrogate for the audience.