1 March 2023, 09:02 by Karzal

Damian Lewis returns for the seventh season of Billions

Damian Lewis returns as Bobby Axelrod in season seven of the Showtime series Billions.

"Bobby's back," Lewis told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. "Axe is back, and it's exciting. He hasn't been there for a few seasons."

Lewis will appear in six of the 12 episodes when the seventh season premieres later this year. In addition, Toney Goins, who plays Philip, has been added to the regular cast.

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Lewis (pictured) left the series after five seasons following the death of his wife Helen McCrory, known for her role as Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders.

“Thank you x-on:SHO_Billions thank you x-on:briankoppelman x-on:DavidLevien.” he shared via Instagram at the time. “A pleasure and a privilege to play Axe for 5 seasons with some of the smartest, funniest most talented cast and crew I’ve worked with. I’ll miss the Billions family. Yep, some jobs are more than just a job…. Love.

In the seventh season, which was ordered less than two weeks ago, alliances are turned upside down. Old wounds are weaponized. Loyalties are tested. Betrayal takes on epic proportions. Enemies become friends. And Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod returns, as the stakes grow from Wall Street to the world. Production is currently underway in New York City.

Billions also stars Paul Giamatti, Corey Stoll, Maggie Siff, David Costabile, Asia Kate Dillon, Condola Rashad, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sakina Jaffrey and Daniel Breaker.

Billions was created and produced by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Beth Schacter is also a showrunner and executive producer. The series was also created by Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Comments (4)

JanWillemK • 1 March 2023, 12:00

The reason why he left at the time was of course very understandable, but I did miss him as Axelrod! Luckily we still had 'A Spy Among Friends' to watch. Furthermore, nothing to the detriment of Corey Stoll (Mike) because he is doing an excellent job. I am very happy that he is back and I am very curious about what role that will be. Will he find a loophole and return to America or stay in Switzerland? The cast of this series is truly phenomenal. Especially Condola Rashad (Kate) has really grown in recent years, and Paul Giamatti (Chuck) has shrunk, if you know what I mean ;).

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BlackBiker • 1 March 2023, 17:25

“Old wounds are being weaponized.”??? I notice that I am becoming increasingly annoyed by the sometimes lazy translation work. It is usually not sufficient to throw a text into Google Translate and then copy/paste it. You should also check whether the translated sentences flow and whether translate does not produce any nonsense, such as this sentence above. I prefer fewer articles that are easy to read than this type of text. I value quality over quantity ;-) I completely understand why you use a translation robot. I also do this every day in my communication with English-speaking colleagues. But don't use Google, but for example deepl.com. He handles grammar much better. And always check the text for incorrect interpretations by the translation program. Because there are almost always. And yes, this is criticism. But I hope constructive criticism. At least that's how it's meant to be. Because I continue to greatly appreciate your efforts in maintaining and filling this site!

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DAVE2804 • 1 March 2023, 18:32

Hi BlackBiker, constructive criticism is always good, people learn from it. It makes me sharper. You're right about that sentence; that's a strange sentence to read. Deepl.com is already used as a useful tool, but some texts used in press releases are so strange and difficult to translate that even deepl.com doesn't know what to do with it :) I always read my news reports of course, but sometimes these kinds of things creep in. texts are still there. In any case, I will pay more attention to this. In any case, thank you for your response.

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BlackBiker • 1 March 2023, 19:13

Thanks for your quick response. If things really cannot be translated well, you can also see whether they really add anything to the content. You can safely omit many of those laudatory marketing phrases and adjectives in press releases without spoiling the news. It is news that a series is being extended. It's not really true that a producer thinks an actor or writer is super talented and fantastic and is really looking forward to the collaboration. If you know what I mean ;-) That's interchangeable marketing blah blah that is starting to look more and more similar. Better stick to the core of the story. That is also what we (or at least I) are waiting for. Just a well-intentioned tip. Of which I don't know what others think about that. Maybe they find that very interesting. Who knows ;-)

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