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It’s one thing for an actor to replace a superstar in the second season of a TV series. For Amazon Prime’s “Homecoming” that meant Janelle Monae effectively needing to fill the shoes of one of the few real movie stars left in the world, Julia Roberts.

, the half-hour Amazon psychological thriller about a caseworker (Julia Roberts) working at a mysterious facility that helps soldiers transition back to civilian life, is back with a second season that shows just what went on behind the scenes.

Hollywood and fans alike were heartbroken when longtime actor Brian Dennehy died in April at the age of 81. He was an everyman with an edge, allowing him to seamlessly appear in everything from Sylvester Stallone’s to with Chris Farley as well as TV’s,, and the award-winning adaptation. One of his final performances,, is no different.

After its critically acclaimed debut, is back with season two. While season one starred Julia Roberts as the lead, Janelle Monae takes over as a new character at the center of a brand-new mystery.   

Following her breakout success in, which earned her a 2018 Golden Globe nomination, and her captivating role as Lady Trieu on HBO’s , Hong Chau takes the lead in. The film kicks off a big year for the actress, who also stars in, which marks her second lead role, director Kenneth Branagh’s sci-fi epic,, and the second season of Amazon’s . 

Janelle Monáe doesn’t “live [her] life in a binary way.” Therefore, she doesn’t look at her body of work as being a musician first and an actor second, or vice versa. Instead, she just wants to “tell stories that need to be told,” she said at the Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for her upcoming season of “Homecoming” on Amazon Prime Video.