Alexander Cary, showrunner and creator of the Sony Pictures Television series for MGMPlus, “A Spy Among Friends” spoke with Variety's Jennifer Maas about the series based on one of Britain's most notorious espionage scandals.
” took to the stage to discuss the process of differentiating the series from the 2014 nonfiction book by author Ben Macintyre about one of Britain’s most notorious espionage scandals. Alexander Cary, showrunner and creator of the Sony Pictures Television series for MGM+, was joined by star Damian Lewis, director Nick Murphy and producer Chrissy Skinns.
Lewis portrays protagonist Nicholas Elliott opposite Guy Pearce’s Kim Philby. Set during the Cold War, “A Spy Among Friends” sees the two actors as British spies and long-time companions whose friendship suddenly unravels when Philby begins colluding with Soviet intelligence. The spy thriller and Macintyre’s book are based on the real-life Philby, who worked as a double agent for MI6 and the KGB.
Cary, who also worked with Lewis on “Homeland,” also set out to distinguish the storytelling core of the series from the source material. “I didn’t want to regurgitate the book,” he said. “I wanted to expand upon the book. But I needed to find a perspective, or a point of view, about Philby and Elliott and the sort of crisis of class.” The solution emerged through actor Anna Maxwell Martin as MI5 officer Lily Thomas, a fictional character invented for the series.
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