"This guy’s another whole level": Tulsa King Season 3 star on why Dwight Manfredi is afraid of Jeremiah

Tulsa King Season 3 is diving into darker waters, and for the first time, Dwight Manfredi doesn't look untouchable.

His newest rival, Jeremiah Dunmire, played by Robert Patrick, has scared the once fearless mobster to his very core.

The reason? Jeremiah functions on a completely different wavelength than Dwight. He's cold, deliberate, and utterly ruthless. In Patrick's own words to TV Insider:

“I’ve said oftentimes, ‘I’ll burn you and your house down,’ but I didn’t literally do it. This guy’s another whole level, right?… When he actually meets me, and I do give him that, and I let him know my intent: ‘Listen, you’re intruding in my life, intruding in my business like this, I’m obligated now with what I have to do? These are the next steps, and I will destroy you.’ And then I think he’s trying to work himself out of being fearful of Jeremiah by saying to him, literally, ‘You’re afraid.’ And that’s how I saw it when I read the scene: He’s trying to make me afraid, when actually, he’s really met a formidable adversary.”

For Dwight, the General who's conquered every threat so far, Season 3 proves some enemies can't be easily intimidated.

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Power and Fear: Dwight Manfredi’s uneasy encounter with Jeremiah Dunmire in Tulsa King Season 3

What makes Tulsa King Season 3 so captivating is the way it strips Dwight Manfredi of his usual control. When Dwight meets Jeremiah Dunmire, he comes face to face with a man who doesn't just threaten power but totally embodies it.

Robert Patrick described the tension perfectly in his TV Insider interview, saying:

"I think he's trying to work himself out of being fearful of Jeremiah by saying to him, literally, 'You're afraid."

It's an interesting psychological flip as it's Dwight's attempt to mask his own fear by projecting it outward, and to be fair, Jeremiah isn't your typical enemy.

Jeremiah is not bluffing, and Dwight knows it. Episode 3 shows just how far Jeremiah will go when his son, Cole, is ordered to burn a rival alive-a chilling act that cements his menace.

For years now, Dwight has been dealing with schemers, killers, as well as backstabbers, but Jeremiah's confidence shakes him up in a way we've never seen Dwight before. Tulsa King Season 3 is intentionally peeling away Dwight's shield, showing that even Dwight can tremble when the right kind of monster walks into the room.

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Jeremiah Dunmire: A fearsome villain in Tulsa King Season 3

Jeremiah Dunmire is the embodiment of old-school brutality with a modern twist. Robert Patrick's portrayal gives him a grounded menace that feels almost too real. He revealed that much of the power in Jeremiah's performance came from how well the team set him up:

"They wrote the character so well, and they're helping me out so much with the cinematography... even my theme music. They really set me up to shine."

From his very first appearance, Jeremiah feels like someone pulled out of Dwight's past and thrown into his new, carefully rebuilt life in Oklahoma. The bourbon distillery feud between the two men is more than a clash of egos, revenge, and raw survival instinct.

Patrick even teased that Jeremiah "isn't the new Terminator," promising that cracks in his armor will eventually show. But for now, the man stands as a force that even Dwight's confidence can't shake off easily.

Tulsa King Season 3 thrives on this tension. The chemistry between Stallone's Dwight and Patrick's Jeremiah turns every face-off into a test of willpower. Jeremiah's unpredictability makes him terrifying; you can never tell if he'll negotiate or burn everything down just to make a point.

And that's exactly what makes Dwight's fear so believable: he's not facing chaos, but cold calculation.

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Tulsa King Season 3 marks a turning point for Dwight Manfredi. For once, the man who built his entire empire on intimidation meets someone he can't really control and is also lowkey afraid of. Robert Patrick's Jeremiah Dunmire isn't just a villain, but he's a mirror showing Dwight what true fear actually looks like.

As the season unfolds, one thing is clear: This isn't a fight of punches or guns, but a fight of survival, and at the end of the season, only one king will stand tall.