Playing terrorists on TV’s Homeland has been no picnic for two stars of the Showtime hit.
Emmy winner DAMIAN LEWIS — whose character Nicholas Brody is a Marine sergeant “turned” by a terrorist group — was nearly punched out at a barbecue in Charlotte, N.C., where “Homeland” is filmed.
“A bunch of Southern boys were there drinking beer,” the 41-year-old actor recalled. “One of them comes up to me and says, ‘So you’re playing a terrorist?'”
When Lewis replied that he wasn’t sure, he says the guy “looked me in the eye, slightly drunk — and I thought, ‘I’m about to get my head pulverized.'”
Fortunately, the boozed-up barbecue guest walked away, leaving Damian to declare: “I must be doing something right if people think my acting is that convincing!”
Homeland has been a hit with both critics and viewers. It won both Golden Globe and Emmy awards for best drama series, and its Season 2 premiere drew more than 2 million viewers, up a whopping 60 percent from its debut last year.