I thought we’d been trying very hard to tell the story that he hadn’t been successfully radicalized and created into a jihadist.’ And that seemed to undo all of that. There was one outstanding question, which was, if Brody was going to act, how was he going to act? And they came up to me midseason and said, ‘Do you know you are going to strap on a vest and you are going to blow yourself up?’ And I said, ‘Really? Wait a second. “They are unbelievably, probably to a fault, generous with collaborative information,” says Lewis. HOMELAND show runners Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, in adapting the Israeli series HATUFIM for American cable television, are very open with the cast, Lewis notes. “Were to know that man, he might think twice.” “The trajectory is very believable and I think is just dying to believe that Brody is this war hero and basically he’ll ride all the way to the White House on the back of Brody in the way McCain tried to do Palin, which was not a good choice,” Lewis laughs. One of the plot tenets of HOMELAND is that Vice-President Walden is entirely gung-ho about running for president with Brody as his running mate. Lewis, who’s also known for starring in the series LIFE, playing a WWII American soldier in BAND OF BROTHERS and essaying one of the leads in the remake of THE FORSYTHE SAGA, talks to a group of journalists about where Brody’s been, where he may be going and where Lewis himself has come from. However, Carrie’s suspicions of Brody have now been vindicated and the already conflicted Brody is being forced to work as a CIA informant – which the terrorist network has now realized. Vice-President William Walden (Jamey Sheridan), who knows nothing of Brody’s secret life. congressman, being groomed for higher office by U.S. In HOMELAND Season 2, now airing on Showtime Sundays at 10 PM, things have gotten even more intense. 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. Damian Lewis and Claire Danes in HOMELAND - Season 2 - "Two Hate" | ©2012 Showtime/Kent Smithīritish 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.
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