Taylor Kitsch confirms role in "True Detective" season 2

Consider this case closed -- Taylor Kitsch has confirmed he's on board for "True Detective" season 2.

The "Friday Night Lights" star, whose involvement in the HBO drama's sophomore season has been rumored for some time, talked about the project in a new interview with AdWeek.

It should be noted that HBO has not yet confirmed Kitsch's casting, and the AdWeek story adds that sources involved in the negotiations say the deal "is close but not complete." But the actor says he's "really excited" about it.

"I've just been prepping. It's been almost a full year since I've been on camera, so I'm itching, man. I'm overdue," Kitsch said. "You've just got to grind it out. Even taking this year off was, I mean you want to work, but you also don't want to just water it down and work for the sake of working. So, it was tough to sit a year out, keeping a finger crossed that I was going to get 'True.'"

"True Detective" season 2 has already signed Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn on as stars. Creator Nic Pizzolatto is also returning, and Kitsch credits him with reigniting his passion for acting.

"Having this meeting with Nic Pizzolatto, it kind of brought me back to when I was here in New York and why I wanted to be a actor, why you struggle and why you don't quit. And when we're talking, I mean he's obviously incredibly smart and passionate, so that rubs off," Kitsch said. "And you're just excited to go now. I can't f-----g wait to hit camera. So I'm excited."

"I loved that first season of it so much. It's just unlike anything I've seen in, you know, I don't know when," he added. "And it was so grounded. It could really happen. This is very similar, and I love that. It makes it more relatable. It makes these guys more real. Nowadays, it takes f-----g balls to stand by that and do it that way."

HBO has said season 2 will be about three cops and a career criminal navigating a web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder. Vaughn is playing the career criminal, and Farrell one of the detectives. The eight-episode season is set to begin production later this fall in California.