Leighton Meester joins the second season of “Buccaneers” on Apple TV+

The Apple TV+ series The privateers welcomes a new crew member.

Leighton Meester is set to appear in the historical drama's upcoming second season. Details about the former's character gossip Girl And Single parents Star will play, are being kept secret for now.

Meester joins a cast that also includes Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, Christina Hendricks, Mia Threapleton, Guy Remmers, Matthew Broome, Josh Dylan and Barney Fishwick.

The privateers is based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton and follows a group of American girls who burst onto the London social scene in the 1870s, sparking an Anglo-American culture clash. In the second season, the group has settled in London and taken their place in society: Nan (Froseth) is now a duchess, Conchita (Boe) has also married into the nobility and Jinny (Waterhouse) is a celebrity – although she is because of searched for unborn child following her abduction.

The Forge Entertainment, a Banijay UK company, is producing The privateers. Series creator and writer Katherine Jakeways serves as executive producer, along with Beth Willis and Susanna White. The second season is directed by William McGregor (Lockwood & Co.), Rachel Leiterman (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), John Hardwick (Once) and Charlie Manton (Everything now).

Meester will next be seen on the CW and Roku Channel series Good cop/bad cop. Her most recent work also includes feature films EXMas And River Wild and a recurring role on Hulu How I met your father. She is represented by UTA and The Lede Company.