It pulls you in two because, on one hand, Daniel is an American patriot, but on the other hand, he believes in freedom of speech and the truth, and sometimes those two things don’t connect. It’s about the steps that these professionals take, who are very ordinary patriots placed in the position of stemming the flow of national secrets, and at the same time, they are pulled in to question their own agency and government. As we sit and watch CNN today, we’re seeing cyber-hacking and national security threats, and that’s very much what our show is about. The thing that attracted me to this particular script was the currency and the immediacy of now. Did it feel that way for you?ĪRMITAGE: It’s a tricky genre because it’s been very, very well visited. This show seems like the type of thing that would satisfy any desire you might have to play James Bond or a spy. If the job is done properly, you don’t even know they’re there. Clearly, it’s failing in some areas, but for all of the failures, there are a million successes that we’ll never know about. But as a person, I want to trust them because I think intelligence gathering is really important in the current climate. We would be prepared to pull the rug from underneath the intelligence services because, essentially, we don’t trust them. It means that these people have to operate in a different way. Now, everyone has access to it and is probably more capable. Twenty years ago, it was the security services that had the technology, and they were able to function with it. The fact that we’re potentially undermining our security services is like a Pandora’s box. and Europe.ĪRMITAGE: It’s really terrifying. It’s scary how close this story comes to what’s going on, in the U.S. It really is a cat-and-mouse game between them, and figuring out how that was going to function was part of the enjoyable process.
I read this about two and a half years ago, before EPIX had it, and I was like, “That’s what I’ve been looking for.” And then, it kind of disappeared and I thought, “I’ll never see it again.” And then, it re-emerged onto my radar and I was like, “Yes, that’s what I want.” Initially, we were looking at the role of Hector, so there was a juggling act happening, defining who Daniel was and defining who Hector was. So, I read pilots and all kinds of things. I feel like we’re in a Golden Age of television and, when television is at its best, it can be so fulfilling for an actor. I really do.ĪRMITAGE: I finished on The Hobbit and I was hunting for a really good television show. It was just such a beautiful show, as scary as that sounds.ĪRMITAGE: I agree with you. If you like a complex plot executed well by talented actors, then you will enjoy this show.Collider: First of all, I was a big fan of Hannibal and I thought your work on the show was terrific! There are more bad-guys than good guys in this one. Superficially anti-CIA, I think the story is more about moral relativism, and the evil that men do. There is no James Bond or Jason Bourne here, just people doing routine spy work and trying to cope with moral ramifications and amoral counterparts. The main spy story weaves its way through enough twists and turns to keep one interested, like a Le Carre spy novel, the angst and motivations of the main characters, and their regrets at past mistakes gives them the beat-down feeling of Smiley. Some of that is too 1,2,3 check off the box plot devices that just aren't adding anything to the story. Oh.she's in an interracial relationship, and he's having an affair with his secretary, and he's disgruntled and uses hookers because his kid back in the USA is disgruntled.etc. The weakest part of the show may be the somewhat contrived and clichéd nature of one or two of the backstories that are supposed to add depth to the characters. Even Homeland, which is similar in setting, seems very American, where this show just looks and feels different.
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The European setting gives the show a different feel from most American TV fare, and that in itself is very effective in making the show unique. There are a number of good performances in this show. The story has requisite twists and turns, a complex plot centered around the War on Terror and a Julian Assange style leaker who wrecks havoc with the American spy agency and it's relationship with it's counterparts from other countries. Berlin Station is a very John Le Carre type of spy story, but centered around the American CIA rather than the Brits.
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