Rachel McAdams is the leading lady for the second season of HBO's True Detective, but some fans might be concerned that the actress will be overshadowed by the program's male point-of-view.

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McAdams (The Vow, A Most Wanted Man) was the last major actor to be cast in 2014 and the only leading female.

This season McAdams will be playing Detective Ani Bezzerides, but in standing alongside three other stars, all male, will the actress quickly become overshadowed? Will the series return to the male bias for which it was accused of presenting during season 1?

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On Nov. 12, season 1 actress Alexandra Daddario (Lisa Tragnetti) told Vulture that the HBO hit had been wonderful for her career and on Dec. 11, Michelle Monaghan earned a Golden Globe nod for Best Performance by A Supporting Actress In TV for her turn as Maggie Hart, but there are those who still doubt the depiction of gender on the series.

Back on Aug. 8 The Wire explored the controversy surrounding creator Nic Pizzolatto's treatment of women in the series, as well as his angered response to women who dismissed the show's first season because of gender inequality.

Pizzolatto argued that the story was told from the perspective of its two leads, both of whom happened to be male. Now that there's going to be a leading female character, however, the writer might be under even more scrutiny.

Perhaps McAdams turn as the program's first female detective will help to change this perspective, but nothing is certain just yet.

The crime drama's second season will revolve around the murder of a city manager in California starting McAdams, Vince Vaughn (career criminal Frank Semyon), Colin Farrell (Detective Ray Velcoro), and Taylor Kitsch (Officer Paul Woodrugh). Pizzolatto is responsible for writing all of the episodes.

True Detective returns on HBO for a second season mid-2015.

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