![]() ![]() Nix was a fan of the True Lies movie, directed by James Cameron, in college. “So when you have that, but yet you have this undeniable connection and love and foundation of who they truly are and who they truly deserve to be with, there’s the complication where the honesty, which takes a while to get to, hopefully is something that will put them closer together.” Selling Secrets to Soviets “Professionally, they are two sides of a coin that have compartmentalized lives her the CIA officer who, for national security, really can't discuss that job, and he, the criminal, for personal security, doesn't want to land in jail,” he said. “Spies look behind the curtain.”Ī theme of the show, Callies added, is if “the spies are any better than the criminals.”Īt a press event, Ventimiglia said Charlie and Emma are on a collision course. “You might want to have faith in the people in charge, but a lot of us are second-guessing if the faith is merited,” she told B+C. This mistrust, she said, may just make people yearn for spy-related programming. ![]() She mentioned “a cynical age” among viewers, where many in our divided country wonder if their government has their best interests at heart. Sarah Wayne Callies, who plays Charlie’s big sister Birdie on The Company You Keep, echoes that thought. “The world of manipulation and disinformation and not trusting institutions, a big theme in the ‘70s, just seems to be more relevant today,” Ficarra said. (Image credit: MGM Plus)įicarra said spy stuff may be enjoying a rebirth because, in this era of conspiracy theories and fake news, viewers want a character they trust to sort out the truth from the lies. Guy Pearce (l.) and Damian Lewis in A Spy Among Friends on MGM Plus. His friendship with Elliott is more of a mystery. Philby’s story is well known in the U.K., Cary said. Selling Secrets to Sovietsīased on a true story, A Spy Among Friends has Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott, a spy and close friend of Kim Philby, played by Guy Pearce, another spy who delivers British Cold War secrets to the Soviet Union. “The resurgence of the tentacles of the Soviet Union brings espionage into sharp relief,” he said. Cary, who previously worked on Homeland, noted Russia invading Ukraine a year ago as playing a part in sparking interest in spy stuff. “The themes of betrayal and information-is-power and the effects of secrets are a constant in filmed drama,” Cary said.īut it’s hard to recall so many spy-themed dramas coming out around the same time. Among others, there’s Chevy Chase-Dan Aykroyd comedy film Spies Like Us from 1985, Russian mole drama The Americans on FX and Patriot, about an offbeat intelligence officer bumbling through Europe, that ran on Prime Video 2015-2018. Alexander Cary, executive producer of A Spy Among Friends, cites 1965 film The Spy Who Came in From the Cold as an early entry in the category. To be sure, spy shows and films are hardly new. On February 19, ABC premiered The Company You Keep, with Catherine Haena Kim as undercover CIA agent Emma, who falls for con man Charlie, played by Milo Ventimiglia. Rabbit Hole, with Kiefer Sutherland as John Weir, a master of corporate espionage, debuts March 26. ![]() “What if I wasn’t what I appear to be, and actually am some sort of action hero–someone who went on grand adventures? It’s an engaging fantasy for people.” Secret Agents Aboundīesides True Lies, which has Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga as the Tasker couple, A Spy Among Friends, about two British spies and lifelong friends, one of them a Soviet double agent, premieres on MGM Plus March 12. ![]() “Everybody has a fantasy - what if I had a secret life?” he told B+C. Nix said the spies on True Lies - including veteran snoop Harry Tasker and his wife Helen, a more recently hatched spy - are about alter egos and secret identities, which he anticipates will play well among American viewers here in 2023. Matt Nix, showrunner and executive producer on True Lies, is well versed in spy-themed series, having created USA Network’s Burn Notice, with Jeffrey Donovan as an agent cut off by the government who uses his special ops skills to help those in need. ![]()
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