In the filmography of any self-respecting British actor must figure a role, that of secret agent.
Damian Lewis' skills in this area are well established.
For three seasons of
Homeland
, the comedian camped the nebulous Nicholas Brody.
American soldier prisoner of war and double agent returned by al-Qaeda.
In
A Spy Among Friends
, a six-episode series on OCS Max, the actor lends his features to another Nicholas, Nicholas Elliott.
An MI6 executive who was betrayed by his colleague and best friend, Kim Philby, the most famous and senior of Her Majesty's agents, who crossed over to the side of the Soviets in 1963.
Beyond his passion for espionage (in 2020, he participated in the documentary Spy Wars), Damian Lewis saw in this miniseries, taken from the investigation of journalist Ben Macintyre, a sign of destiny
: “Like Philby, I was educated at Eton boarding school.
His shadow still hovers there.
A Spy Among Friends
dissects the friendships that form in the antechambers...
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