Support WBUR'Perry Mason' Reboot Is No Rerun: This Is A 'Very Dark' Take, Says Matthew RhysPlay06:22Download AudioScott SimonJune 20, 2020 ShareMatthew Rhys plays Perry Mason in the new HBO reboot of the legal drama based on Erle Stanley Gardner's detective stories. "To my mind, he makes a good private investigator because he doesn't fit in in any way," Rhys says. (HBO)