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Season two of The Night Agent offered a dramatic shift from Gabriel Basso's FBI Agent Peter Sutherland and Luciane Buchanan's cybersecurity expert Rose Larkin's journey to unravel a government conspiracy from within the U.S. government to the grander global focus with the introduction of Iranian nationals seeking asylum. Among them is Noor Taheri, a New York-based aide to Iranian Ambassador to the UN Abbas Mansuri (Navid Negahban), played by Arienne Mandi (The L Word: Generation Q). The actress spoke to Bleeding Cool about the rare opportunity to use her Iranian background to help bring authenticity to the role, working with creator Shawn Ryan, thoughts on the original Matthew Quick novel, and physical challenges on set.

 "I was excited by the action and suspense it gave the audience. I breezed and binged the hell out of it and was excited to join season two as part of the Iranian cast because, one, I am of Iranian descent. That was exciting for me to tap into that culture and get to speak the language for most of the season, which is cool because a lot of shows don't do that fully."

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