During a late night appearance this past week, Basso spoke about the new episodes of the series hitting the Netflix schedule on January 23rd and explained the real reason he feels like it’s important to do as much as he can stunt-wise on the series. It all boils down to him wanting the audience to have an authentic experience:

Ahead of 'The Night Agent' Season 2, which returns Jan. 23 to Netflix, star Gabriel Basso opened up about taking hits and doing his own stunts.

Agent,” a twisty, paranoid, politically-tinged thriller, surprised Netflix by becoming a global smash, its star Gabriel Basso was instantly anointed Hollywood’s newest action

Agent’s Season 2 premiere on Netflix’s 2025 schedule means Gabriel Basso is about to be catapulted back into the spotlight because he plays the titular agent, Peter. However, while he’s the big name in this megahit series,

Gabriel Basso talks about being directed by Clint Eastwood in the film Juror #2, making his own home movies as a kid and doing his own stunts for Season 2 of The Night Agent.

Basso stars in the Netflix series as FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who works in the White House as a Night Action telephone operator. He told Fallon, 50, that when the audience watches The Night Agent, he wants them to feel that his performance is believable.