Timothy Olyphant Villain's Extended Role In Apple TV's Returning 10-Part Series Addressed By Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Olyphant has a significantly larger role in Apple TV's Stick season 2. Olyphant plays Clark Ross, a former playing partner and rival to washed-up professional golfer Pryce Cahill (Owen Wilson) in the sports comedy series. After having a recurring role in season 1, the Deadwood actor became a series regular member of the Stick cast, which, along with Wilson, features Peter Dager as Santi Wheeler, Lilli Kay as Christina "Zero" Duffy, Mariana Treviño as Elena Wheeler, Marc Maron as Mitts, and Judy Greer as Amber-Linn. Emmy-Award winning Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn has also joined the series in the supporting role of Coach Amanda. In an interview with ScreenRant's Brandon Zachary for Stick season 2, Wilson and Seehorn were asked about there being more of Olyphant in season 2 and more of Pryce and Clark interacting. Wilson explained that he didn't know Olyphant until they worked together in season 1, but that his increased presence was a positive thing for season 2, a sentiment that Seehorn also expresses. Check out their comments below: Owen Wilson: Yeah, that's also how I felt. I didn't know him until we worked together on the first season, and I just loved that character — especially the way [Timothy] played him. So, I was excited to see that we were going to have more we were able to do together. And then just being around him in real life? It's just fun to be around him. He's so funny. Rhea Seehorn: He's such a funny guy. By comparison, Olyphant was only in five out of the 10 episodes in Stick season 1. He also does not debut until season 1, episode 4, but this time around, more consistently appears in the show, leading to more exploration of his relationship with Pryce as Wilson's character continues to guide the talented Santi further toward the path of professional golf. Olyphant's villain return ends a 7-year streak of not having a returning role in the same television series. After Netflix canceled the Santa Clarita Diet in 2019, he has only appeared in a single season of any series. He reprised the roles of Raylan Givens in Justified City: Primeval and Cobb Vanth in The Book of Boba Fett, but they are spinoffs that are not the same shows as Justified or The Mandalorian, where he first played these respective characters. As a series regular in Stick season 2, Clark has the potential to join the ranks of some of Olyphant's all-time great television characters, including Raylan Givens, Cobb Vanth, Deadwood's Sheriff Seth Bullock, and Santa Clarita Diet's Joel Hammond. More recently, he has played John Armstrong in Apple TV's crime thriller miniseries Lucky, Jack Finnigan in Peacock's The Five-Star Weekend, and Kirsh in FX's Alien: Earth, the last two of which are also returning for second seasons. The reception to the Apple TV sports comedy series was generally positive for season 1, leading to a "Certified Fresh" 81% critics' score based on 62 reviews and a 72% audience score averaged from more than 500 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. In ScreenRant's Stick season 1 review, Sarah Moran gave it seven out of 10 stars and noted that "Timothy Olyphant has a standout performance as a former rival of Pryce’s that leaves an impression despite the little screentime." As for the series as a series, she wrote that "Wilson’s performance as Pryce is a large part of Stick’s charm" and the "10-episode season is an enjoyable, almost effortless watch, and even when its story couldn’t always deliver, I appreciated what it was going for." Moran also argues that any comparisons to Apple TV's other sports comedy, Ted Lasso, are unfair due to the two shows being so different. Stick was created by Jason Keller, who also serves as the showrunner, and he previously co-wrote the screenplay of 2020 Best Picture nominee Ford v. Ferrari with Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Stick season 2 debuts with a two-episode premiere on November 4 on Apple TV. Release Date June 4, 2025 Network Apple TV+