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Interview: Homeland Actor Damian Lewis on Season 2 and More, AssignmentX, December 10, 2012

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Interview: HOMELAND actor Damian Lewis on Season 2 and more

The Emmy-winning actor talks about Brody’s choices

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN / Contributing Writer
Posted: December 10th, 2012 / 10:55 AM

Damian Lewis and Claire Danes in HOMELAND - Season 2 - "Two Hate" | ©2012 Showtime/Kent Smith

Damian Lewis and Claire Danes in HOMELAND – Season 2 – “Two Hate” | ©2012 Showtime/Kent Smith

British actor Damian Lewis took home this year for Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama for his portrayal of Nicholas Brody, American war hero turned secret terrorist in Season 1 of Showtime’s HOMELAND. The show also won five other Emmys, including Outstanding Drama and Outstanding Actress for Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, the CIA agent who is onto Brody – but also carries a torch for him.
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‘Homeland’ Star Damian Lewis: ‘The Walls Close In’ During Season Two, Rolling Stone, October 7, 2012

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‘Homeland’ Star Damian Lewis: ‘The Walls Close In’ During Season Two

‘Honestly, people are going to be surprised again,’ says Lewis. ‘It’s pretty accelerated.’

Damian Lewis at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Continue reading ‘Homeland’ Star Damian Lewis: ‘The Walls Close In’ During Season Two, Rolling Stone, October 7, 2012

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Damian Lewis: Homeland has excelled because it reflects political reality, Metro.co.uk, October 5, 2012

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Damian Lewis: Homeland has excelled because it reflects political reality

Metro,co.uk, Oct 5, 2012

British actor Damian Lewis, 41, plays Nicholas Brody in Homeland. He talks to Metro about why he thinks the show has done so well and his encounter with Barack Obama . Damian Lewis has been sworn to secrecy when it comes to the second series of Homeland.

Your Homeland character, Nicholas Brody, has been through a lot: kidnapping, eight years held hostage by al-Qaeda, post-traumatic stress disorder. What research did you do? Continue reading Damian Lewis: Homeland has excelled because it reflects political reality, Metro.co.uk, October 5, 2012

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Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of ‘Homeland’, NPR, September 29, 2012

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Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of ‘Homeland’

Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday


September 29, 20126:07 AM ET

 Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Showtime’s Homeland. Bob Leverone/Showtime

There weren’t a whole lot of upset winners at last Sunday’s Emmy Awards, but one of the few was Homeland star Damian Lewis, who beat out, among others, Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm and three-time winner Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad to take home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Lewis’ co-star, Claire Danes, won for her lead performance as well, and the show ended a four-year Mad Men streak when it was named Outstanding Drama Series. On Saturday’s Weekend Edition, Lewis talks to NPR’s Scott Simon about his character, Nicholas Brody, and on how he — a British actor — came to play so many American men in uniform.

Continue reading Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of ‘Homeland’, NPR, September 29, 2012

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Emmys 2012: Damian Lewis ‘hails’ the golden age of television, The Guardian, September 24, 2012

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Emmy awards 2012: Damian Lewis hails ‘golden age of television’

British star of Homeland wins top gong with Claire Danes, while Maggie Smith takes only award for Downton Abbey
 Claire Danes and Damian LewisClaire Danes and Damian Lewis after receiving awards for their roles in Homeland. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

It was a very British way to collect an Emmy: take to the stage of American TV’s landmark award show and say sorry for winning the best actor gong.

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