The book features many supporting characters whose allegiances are constantly questioned as Hannah tries to figure out who is working to help Owen like she is and who has driven him into hiding. Though with so little officially announced about the series, a larger cast will likely be revealed as the series progresses. These three recognizable actors come together to play the story's central family and their surprisingly complicated yet loving family.Īisha Tyler from Criminal Minds and Friends, Geoff Stults from Cowboy Beepbop, Augusto Aguilera from The Predator, and John Harlan Kim from 9-1-1 help to round out the central cast. Owen is played by Game of Thrones alumni Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Angourie Rice plays Bailey, and people may recognize her from her role as Betty Brant in the MCU Spider-Man films.

Garner leads the series, a position she should be used to, considering her big break came from the 2001 series Alias. Originally Julia Roberts was cast as Hannah, but she stepped away from the project, which allowed the opportunity to go to Jennifer Garner. Without Owen, Hannah and Bailey's relationship is tested in a new way that shocks them both when they realize they have forged a bond stronger than the forces working against them and Owen. Hannah's relationship with Owen is further complicated by Bailey, who has never had a mother before and now doesn't know how to relate to a stepmother. All of this information questions the validity of their marriage and love story. She interacts with people who arguably know more about her husband than she does.

As Hannah learns more about her husband's history, she questions how well she knew him, considering how much of his past was a fabrication. When he goes missing, they're forced to connect in a way they never thought possible as they attempt to unravel the secrets of Owen's life. Hannah is not Bailey's mother but her stepmother, and the two of them have an icy relationship neither is entirely sure how to relate to the other, and their only connection is Owen. Many believe his disappearance is connected to these crimes, but as Hannah learns more about Owen's past, she realizes there is something bigger and much more threatening. Owen disappears the same day his tech company makes headlines about criminal activity. It's a story about love, family, and the choices to protect loved ones. He leaves instructions to 'protect her,' which Hannah interprets as protecting his daughter Bailey. The central character Hannah Michaels, played by Garner, receives a single, vague message from her husband, Owen, before his disappearance. However, the story is far more complicated than that. The basic premise of The Last Thing He Told Me's novel is that a wife looks for her husband after he inexplicably goes missing.

The last thing he said to me