Tag: Cold War
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Damian Lewis Attends ITVX Showcase Event
ITVX Showcase Event by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | December 1, 2022 Damian and A Spy Among Friends co-star Anna Maxwell Martin attended the ITVX showcase event in London back on November 15, 2022. View images from the event here. The event celebrated the upcoming December 8 launch of new streaming service ITVX, which will feature…
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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…
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Friendship and Betrayal Interrogated in Cold War Spy Drama
The Elite of One by Stephanie Bunbury | Sydney Morning Herald | November 30, 2022 For 30 years, Kim Philby worked for the British secret service MI6 while spying for the Soviet Union. He took classified documents home every night from the agency’s archive to be photographed by his handler; he worked diplomatic parties, club…
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A Spy Among Friends Goes International
Sony Pictures Television Lands Global Sales for Espionage Thriller by Mona Tabbara | ScreenDaily | November 30, 2022 A Spy Among Friends has sold to 117 territories for Sony Pictures Television. The series stars and is executive produced by UK star Damian Lewis, with Australian actor Guy Pearce and the UK’s Anna Maxwell-Martin also starring.…
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“Old Boy Network Would Still Protect Kim Philby”
The Greatest Double Agent of All Time by Chris Harvey | The Telegraph | November 30, 2022 Friendship, according to the author Ben Macintyre, is the reason why Harold “Kim†Philby remains “the greatest double agent of all timeâ€. The “third man†of the notorious set of Communist spies who met at Cambridge University in…
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Q&A of A Spy Among Friends at ITVX Showcase Event
Panel Discussion by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | November 29, 2022 Panel L-R: Anna Maxwell Martin, Damian Lewis, Ben Macintyre, Patrick Spence, Nick Murphy Damian debuted his new six part series A Spy Among Friends at ITVX Showcase event on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 during a Q&A panel discussion. Joining him was actor Anna Maxwell Martin, …
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A Spy Among Friends Lands at MGM+ for USA Release
Spectrum Originals Out, MGM+ In by Peter White | Deadline | November 29, 2022 by Lesley Goldberg | The Hollywood Reporter | November 29, 2022 Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce-fronted drama series A Spy Among Friends has found a new home in the U.S. following Spectrum’s move out of original series. The spy thriller, which…