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Damian Lewis’ Path from Band of Brothers to Billions – March 23, 2018

Damian Discusses His Most Pivotal Roles

by Emily Zemler | LA Times | March 23, 2018

Source: LA Times – Photo by Genaro Molina

“I am interested in the imperfections in people,” Damian Lewis says. “I’m interested in the contradictions and in the moral struggle that often exists in all of us.”

This sensibility threads through many of the actor’s film and television characters, particularly his current role as shrewd hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod on “Billions.” The Showtime series returns for its third season tonight, bringing us even closer to understanding what exactly makes Bobby tick.

“He’s a fiercely loyal man,” Lewis says about Bobby. “He’s ruthless. He’s extremely competitive. For him, the game is everything. The playing of the game is the thing — and it is a game, so winning the game is paramount. He enjoys it.”

The role is a big shift for Lewis, 47, who got his start on British television before coming to the attention of American audiences in Steven Spielberg’s World War II epic miniseries “Band of Brothers.” Although Lewis has since had several career-defining roles, particularly as Nicholas Brody in “Homeland,” that project lingers as one of his most important projects.

“Some jobs are just gigs, but some jobs have the ability to be life-changing,” he notes. “They just alter you in some small way. ‘Band of Brothers’ was definitely one of those.”

Here Lewis discusses several of his most pivotal roles:

Bobby Axelrod, “Billions” (2016-2018)

“What attracted me to Bobby Axelrod was to get to play a man who is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants and see where that takes him personally. To find out, during the course of the show, how corrupting that is on a man who is prepared to cross one line after another. What does it do to one’s soul? I saw that as potentially where it was going. And it’s enormous fun. He’s a form of gangster and it’s fun playing that kind of guy.”

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New ITV Daybreak interview clip

Thanks to Kaz for a new and improved download of the April 12th Daybreak interview available here on our media pages. He was promoting Your Highness at the time so there’s a brief clip from that film.

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Damian on his ‘Your Highness’ Character

The Emanuel Levy website seems to have posted part of the Your Highness press material. The article about casting says this about Damian’s character, Sir Boremont:

Fabious’ right-hand man (pun intended) in battle is the battle-scarred head knight Boremont, who possesses a menacing metal claw in place of the hand he lost during battle. British performer Damian Lewis was asked to come aboard and portray this tough. As Lewis explains: “I play Fabious’ best friend, Boremont. He’s a grizzled, superb warrior and will do anything for Prince Fabious.” Of his appendage, Lewis explains: “Boremont now has a metal claw encased in a housing unit across the top of the arm. This lethal, 12-inch dagger comes out and he use it as a knife.”

Source.

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2nd Red Band ‘Your Highness’ Trailer

MSN.com has the second red-band trailer of Your Highness. Lots more nudity and silliness. There’s only a very brief glimpse of Damian we hadn’t already seen in other trailers.

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If you’re interested in downloading the HD trailer click here. It’s in mkv format which should play on VLC PLayer. Unfortunately, I had no luck converting it to mp4 or any another format. If you have any idea how – please drop me a note! 😀 Update: Click here for the trailer in mp4 format.

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Interview now online


  • Black Sky Radio’s interview with Damian Lewis is now available here the Band Of Brothers Cast Interviews 2010/11 blog. There was great, insightful stuff about the audition process, filming the series, as well as funny stuff about the time he was given a “whore’s bath” and an embarrassing last day at boot-camp.

  • Splash Page has a sneak peak of the Your Highness comic book which is described as a prequel to the upcoming film. It looks like Damian’s character may be featured in the comic:


    The comic is set for release on March 16th. Click here for the Amazon page. The film will be released on April 8th in the US.

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Damian Lewis cast in the Showtime pilot ‘Homeland’!


  • Damian Lewis has been cast as the male lead in the new Showtime pilot Homeland ! ➡ What a fantastic cast and crew! From Deadline.com:

    Showtime’s drama pilot Homeland has assembled a pretty solid cast. Former Life star Damian Lewis has been tapped to star opposite Claire Danes in the pilot from 24 executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. Lewis will play the male lead in the project, which centers on Marine Sergeant Scott Brody (Lewis), who returns home after spending eight years as a prisoner of war in Baghdad, and Carrie Anderson (Claire Danes), a driven CIA officer who suspects he might be plotting an attack on America. Scott, who was discovered during a U.S. attack on an enemy base, was brought to the U.S. with much fanfare and is happy to be home with his family, wife Jessica (Laura Fraser), and two kids, but still carries with him the trauma of his imprisonment and torture. Lewis, a British screen and stage actor, is best known in the U.S. for his roles in the NBC quirky drama Life and HBO’s Emmy-winning World War II mini-series Band of Brothers.

    Also cast in Homeland is another British actor, David Harewood (Blood Diamond). He will play David Estes, the the youngest Deputy Director of Intelligence in CIA history, decisive, political, professional, but ultimately self-serving who is frequently exasperated by Carrie’s obsessive determination to follow up any lead, no matter how small or politically inconvenient. Production on the pilot, whose cast also includes Mandy Patinkin, is slated to begin Jan. 10 in Charlotte, N.C.

    Click here for the IMDb page. Futoncritic also has a nice page on production developments. Other news articles on the production and cast:

    Deadline – David Nevins On The Move At Showtime: Picks Up Thriller From Howard Gordon

    Showtime – CLAIRE DANES TO STAR IN HOMELAND: EMMY WINNER RETURNS TO SERIES TELEVISION ON SHOWTIME

    Deadline – Mandy Patinkin In Showtime’s ‘Homeland’

    Deadline – TV CASTINGS: Laura Fraser Joins Showtime Pilot ‘Homeland,’ Two Added To ‘True Blood’


  • The green band trailer for Your Highness was released today and you can check out the HD versions at iTunes Movie Trailers. Some of the naughty bits that were included in the red-band trailer have been removed so some of Damian’s scenes are missing. If you’d like to download them, try these links I’ve posted at Mediafire: 480p, 720p, 1080p. You’ll find a download of the red band trailer here on the site.

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‘Have I Got News For You’ + ‘Your Highness’ downloads



  • Click above to watch Damian Lewis guest host the Nov 18 episode of Have I Got News For You. Click here on the TV appearances page to download the episode. I’ll try and have a download of the extended version – Have I Got A Bit More News for You – over the weekend. (If you’re having trouble playing the file, try VLC Player.)


    Click here at the gallery for screencaps of Damian’s appearance.

  • Click here on the site to download an HD trailer of Your Highness. More downloads are available at the HD-Trailers.net website.

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New ‘Your Highness’ trailer!

Click above for the red-band trailer of Your Highness! The film stars Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel and is set for release on April 8th, 2011. Damian Lewis plays “the head of a dastardly pack of knights” and you can see glimpses of here and there but watch out it’s R-rated so it’s just a tad rude. 😉

Click here at the gallery for screencaps. Update: Click here at HD-Trailers.net for downloads of the trailer.