Interview: Costa D’Angelo Teases What’s Next for Alex in Tell Me Lies Season 3 Finale

Few shows thrive on emotional wreckage quite like Tell Me Lies and as Season 3 barrels toward its finale, the Hulu drama appears ready to twist the knife even deeper. We caught up with Costa D’Angelo, who plays the quietly dangerous and endlessly fascinating Alex, while on set and he opened up about what fans should brace for as the season comes to a close. Spoiler-free, but not sting-free. (Sorry fans as Costa was busy filiming this is a non-video interview.)

D’Angelo’s journey to joining the hit Hulu series was almost as fast-paced as Alex’s rollercoaster storylines. The actor recalls receiving a message from his manager while in Australia about a self-tape audition. “I just went to my studio and shot a little thing,” he said. His audition scene was a pivotal bar moment with Lucy, where Alex delivers a quietly loaded line that would set the tone for his character. Within a week, D’Angelo was on Zoom for chemistry reads with Grace Van Patten and Megan Oppenheimer and shortly after, flown to Los Angeles for an in-person read. “It all moved so incredibly quick… a week from my self tape to booking it. It was the most incredible experience of my life,” he said.

Since his arrival, Alex has unsettled the Tell Me Lies ecosystem in a way that feels deliberate. He’s not loud like Stephen or impulsive like Lucy, but he’s just as combustible. According to D’Angelo, that contrast is intentional. “I love how honest he is,” he said, noting that Alex is one of the few characters who “says things how he sees it,” even while keeping his trauma tightly guarded. In a series fueled by half-truths and emotional manipulation, that kind of blunt honesty lands like a warning shot.

That honesty, however, comes with a cost. Alex’s backstory, shaped by foster care and abuse drives nearly every decision he makes. D’Angelo explained that Alex operates by a strict internal rulebook, designed to keep him from becoming “an abuser like the people that abused him.” It’s a survival tactic, not a cure and as Lucy gets closer, those rules begin to crack.

When asked to tease the remaining episodes of the season, D’Angelo didn’t hesitate. Three words. No softening the blow.“Confrontation. Tragic. Childhood.”

That trio neatly captures what Tell Me Lies does best: forcing characters to face the emotional landmines they’ve spent years avoiding. The season finale promises reckonings, internal and external, that feel earned rather than performative. Alex’s journey, in particular, seems poised to shift from quiet observation to unavoidable collision.

Beyond the Hulu drama, D’Angelo is also well aware of the online buzz surrounding his name. General Hospital fans have been vocal about wanting him to step into the role of Spencer Cassadine and he’s paying attention. “I have seen it,” he said with a smile, later adding, “Tell the General Hospital fans I love them and I see them. So hopefully one day I can make their dreams come true.” It’s not confirmation, but it’s far from a shutdown, enough to keep daytime Twitter buzzing.

As Tell Me Lies heads into its season finale, the series remains expertly uncomfortable, emotionally sharp and deeply addictive. With D’Angelo’s Alex moving toward a reckoning shaped by trauma, truth and confrontation, the end of the season looks less like closure and more like fallout. And honestly? That’s exactly how fans like it.

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