Homeland’s season 2 finale left Brody on the run and headed out of America. His prospects for appearing much in Homeland season 3 looked grim, and even actor Damian Lewis agrees with that notion.
“I think Homeland can go on forever,” Lewis told journalists at Cannes yesterday. “Whether Brody can go on forever is a different matter.
“We’ll just play each season as it comes. Writers write themselves into interesting positions, sometimes not wholly expected positions. So it’s a continuing surprise for everybody.”
Lewis may be referring to the fact that many viewers are assuming Brody will have a lesser role on Homeland season 3 because of his emotional departure from his lover and CIA agent Carrie Mathison, played by Claire Danes, during the season 2 finale. The character has also dug himself into a hole that he can not realistically escape from again.
In an interview this past March, Lewis said that Brody and Carrie probably won’t get back together. “I think Brody and Carrie are over,” Lewis said. “I think it’s over. I don’t think those two can be together – can you imagine them being married and bringing up kids? It wouldn’t last long. They’d be in the divorce courts quickly. I don’t think that’s a story that’s got many legs.”
As for how many seasons Homeland will have? “I know they won’t flog it,” he said. “I think once it stops being interesting, they’ll leave it alone.”
Lewis was at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend to promote his new film The Silent Storm, a “poetic romantic drama” shooting this summer with co-star Andrea Riseborough. He was drawn to the project for its superior writing and the fact that he could film it in between new seasons of Homeland.
Homeland season 3 hasn’t started filming yet, but Showtime has already set an air date: September 29, 2013. You can read the season’s official synopsis, which offers spoiler-free clues into the future of the show, in our previous report.
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