Another drama, also on Showtime TV station, and acting as an American, and having to travel the oceans and be away from home for half a year...
Fortunately, he finally took over the drama, because the attractiveness of the script made him irresistible. . Later, Damian Lewis explained to the media that the current world presented by Billions and the topicality it possesses has the potential to become a play that can reflect realistic meaning just like the previous homeland starring in it. And during the broadcast of Billions, the plots were also staged in the real news (such as the various actions of the American hedge fund predator Steven A. Cohen).
Under the wonderful interpretation of Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, Billions tells a story about the game between two human rights.
One of these two is a high-ranking US federal prosecutor Chuck Rhoades, and the other is a wealthy Wall Street magnate Bobby Axelrod. The most interesting setting is that the prosecutor Chuck, who serves the people "The People", is a rich second generation born with a golden key, while Axelrod, who has a family of billions, is a poor "Man of The People".
Although the vicissitudes of Wall Street, the New York Department of Justice and the life of driving luxury cars and yachts seem to be very far away from the general public, the world created by Billions, like the reality we live in, is not black and white. It is intended to pass through two people. The male protagonist wandering in the gray area shows the collision of two values.
The most commendable part of this seemingly "alpha male" drama, which seems to be overwhelming with male hormones, is undoubtedly the portrayal of powerful, independent and charismatic female characters, especially the psychological motivator played by Maggie Siff. Not inferior to the male protagonists, she even became the core of the story in the later stages of the plot.
Financial-themed American dramas are actually not rare, but most of them come from a certain episode of unit dramas such as detectives and legal affairs. A complete financial story is relatively rare because it is highly professional and easily boring. The emergence of "Billions" has not only made up for the blank in this column of contemporary TV series, but more rare is that while maintaining professionalism, it also shoots suspense and super entertaining.
The second season of Billions is currently being filmed and will return in February 2017.
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