“This is an absolute win”: The Bear Season 3 Reportedly Bringing Back Will Poulter After Marvel Star Charmed Everyone’s Pants Off in 1 Episode

Will Poulter’s arrival in the Hollywood circuit was a nondescript event followed by a splattering of teenage comic roles and anti-heroic sidekicks. It wasn’t until his arc in Jeremy Allen White’s series The Bear that the audience began seeing the actor as a true male lead, worthy not only of the spot at the top but looking every inch deserving of it. Quiet, focused, centered, and gravitational — something about Poulter’s role as Chef Luca drew the audience in like moths to a flame. The attraction to his character didn’t lie in his composed charm but in the unnamed, unspecified weight that he seemed to silently shoulder in his self-isolated corner of the world.

Now that Poulter is reportedly making a comeback in The Bear Season 3, the urgency attached to the series has grown threefold. The weight of his talent can then be understood as directly proportional to the fondness for the actor’s cameo arc.

The impact that Poulter had on the series storyline and the audience with barely any dialogue and hardly acceptable screen time stands as a testament to the force of his singular presence and his ability to embody a role like none other.

Will Poulter Delivers a Generational Performance on TV

The screams, manic episodes, nervous breakdowns, emotional warfare, and words that cut deeper than knives — no one does family drama like the Berzattos. In the eye of the storm stands Carmy, who like any other half-broken, half-bruised grieving brother of a dead restaurateur, has been battling his own demons under the overbearing shadow of a pitiful, dysfunctional family. But often, there are moments of respite — like when Will Poulter appears, stranded in his section of the world, making pastries in Amsterdam, being the Yoda to Marcus’ Luke.

Commanding the entire frame when in it, Will Poulter hardly works for attention or demands any sympathy from the viewers. His demure presence doesn’t symbolize defeat but speaks to an immovable determination for his job — both in the context of the story and as an industry actor. His cameo held the entire audience of Season 2’s fourth episode – Honeydew – enthralled and it is only fair that the actor gets to return to expand on his arc since such a character with volumes to speak shouldn’t go to waste for the sake of rarity.

Fans Demand Will Poulter’s Full-Time Return in The Bear

As eventful as Poulter’s return may seem to The Bear fans, it perhaps means even more to the series arc if his role stays within the limits of a single-episode cameo like his Season 2 appearance. To spoil his larger-than-life role by breaking it down into a series regular who gets entangled in the high-strung drama of everyday kitchen life will draw out all the mysticism that made Poulter’s Chef Luca so attractive in the first place.

However, it may not be as easy for the fans to willingly let him go after his absence only made the heart grow fonder.

Will Poulter is reportedly returning for #TheBear S3 👨‍🍳 pic.twitter.com/sS4kFhGS2Y

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) April 18, 2024

I have high hopes that he will become a prominent member of the cast. With his connections to CarMy and Marcus and the restaurant gaining significant attention 🌟, maybe he will even join forces with them. It’s just wishful thinking on my part, but I believe he will definitely… pic.twitter.com/CrhUaPIt37

— Ofelia (@OfeliaLamensky) April 18, 2024

This is an absolute win. Loved him in it. Be great if he showed up in Chicago to reunite w carm 🙌

— 🖇🅽🆃🅷🖤🅽🆈 (@MasterOfAnthony) April 18, 2024

Hope he is a prominent character this coming season

— Josh (@JUchiha909) April 18, 2024

This was the best episode

— I tell you Hwat (@colegunna) April 19, 2024

He should come for work them. I loved his character and side story

— gods last gift (@purplefnkoolaid) April 18, 2024

With time, the actor slowly but surely breached every niche audience circle with his extensive work. Be it the off-beat comedy We’re the Millers, high-octane dystopian sci-fi Maze Runner, or the mainstream blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Will Poulter’s work has taken the viewers through a rollercoaster ride that includes a little taste of everything for everyone.

The Bear Season 3 premieres in June 2024 on Hulu.