Category: Interviews
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VIDEO: Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on the Friendship at the Center of A Spy Among Friends
Who Would Make the Better Secret Agent? by Kate Hahn | TV Insider | March 10, 2023 Damian Lewis, who won an Emmy for playing Marine double agent Nicholas Brody on Homeland, is back in the spy game as a patriot in MGM+‘s A Spy Among Friends, a tense adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s nonfiction bestseller.…
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In A Spy Among Friends, B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level
A Twisty MGM+ Series by Roslyn Sulcas | New York Times | March 3, 2023 A twisty MGM+ series tells the story of Kim Philby, a British agent secretly working for the Soviet Union, and Nicholas Elliott, his closest friend. Stream beginning March 12. “Why wasn’t he in custody?†asks the MI5 officer Lily Thomas.…
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A Spy Among Friends Cast Previews the Real-Life “Brilliantly Interesting” Friendship
Preview: Riveting Cat-and-Mouse Conversations by Kate Hahn | TV Insider | February 24, 2023 If you learned your closest friend was a spy, would you help him evade justice? That’s the looming question in A Spy Among Friends, a slow-burn adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s nonfiction bestseller about an infamous U.K. traitor. The limited series opens…
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Backstage With…Damian Lewis and the Cast of New ITVX Thriller A Spy Among Friends
– Secrecy and Treachery – by Robyn Salt | Sky News | December 10, 2022by Chris Lockyer | Backstage With Podcast | December 10, 2022 The show, written by former Scots Guard Alex Cary, is based on the book of the same name, and sees Lewis play Nicholas Elliot, an MI5 agent in the 1960s,…
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Podcast: Damian Lewis and Alex Cary Talk to Tom Sutcliffe on BBC Sounds
Political and Personal Betrayal by BBC Sounds Podcast | BBC | December 8, 2022 The story of double agent and defector Kim Philby has been told many times. A Spy Among Friends, a new six-episode series on ITVX, focuses on Nicholas Elliott, Philby’s lifelong friend. Damian Lewis, who plays Elliott, and writer Alexander Cary talk…
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Damian Lewis on Being Devoted, Loyal and Blinkered in His Latest Role
A Beautiful and Sort of Tragic, Sad Relationship by Rachael Davies | Herald Scotland | December 6, 2022 A Spy Among Friends’ Damian Lewis and Anna Maxwell Martin tell Rachael Davis about the ITVX series’ true story of espionage and betrayal. It’s 1963: the height of the Cold War. International politics is fueled by secrecy…
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VIDEO: Damian Lewis and Ben Macintyre Give Us the Inside Track on MI6 Intelligence Officer Nicholas Elliott
Kim Philby Was Such a Good Spy, He Was Toxic by ITVX | Twitter | November 30, 2022 Damian Lewis and Ben Macintyre discuss MI6 intelligence officer Nicholas Elliott. The new drama mini-series will be available for streaming on ITVX in the UK beginning December 8, BritBox AU on December 9 and MGM+ in 2023  in…
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Guy Pearce Says He Could Feel Helen McCrory On Set When He Filmed With Her Husband Damian Lewis
Guy Pearce Remembers the Late Helen McCrory on This Morning by Charlotte Dean | Daily Mail Online | November 30, 2022 Guy Pearce has discussed filming A Spy Among Friends with Damian Lewis shortly after his late wife Helen McCrory‘s death in April last year. The actor, 55, said he could feel the Peaky Blinders…