Billions on Showtime

[Anonymous]

I love the show! Paul Giamatti is great as the U.S. attorney and the actor playing the hedge fund guy Axe is awesome. My only complaint is that I don't think that Malin Ackerman, who plays Axe's wife, is believable as former working-class Irish Catholic girl from Staten Island (isn't she from Sweden?). She is beautiful, but I am just not buying it. Anyway, thoughts?

[Anonymous]

yeah I love it too.

I know what you mean about Malin Akerman but she's doing a great job

and you have to remember that Damien Lewis is a posh boy from South East London!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yeah I love it too.

I know what you mean about Malin Akerman but she's doing a great job

and you have to remember that Damien Lewis is a posh boy from South East London!

No way, I never would have known that!

[Anonymous]

I can't stop seeing him as Brody.
I like Paul Giamatti's wife, the Axe shrink.
Enjoying this show, although I think the critics don't like it very much. Apparently it's already been renewed for a second season so we can get invested.

[Anonymous]

I can't get enough of it. I wish I could binge watch it now!

[Anonymous]

The show's not that good, but I have a thing for Damien Lewis so I'm gonna keep watching.

[Anonymous]

It's good. We are hooked. And I don't see Brody in this role.

[Anonymous]

It's boring. We get it - they have a lot of money.

also I worked on wall st and no one talks like that. Especially not in meetings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yeah I love it too.

I know what you mean about Malin Akerman but she's doing a great job

and you have to remember that Damien Lewis is a posh boy from South East London!

No way, I never would have known that!

Very likely he'll be the next Bond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yeah I love it too.

I know what you mean about Malin Akerman but she's doing a great job

and you have to remember that Damien Lewis is a posh boy from South East London!

No way, I never would have known that!

Very likely he'll be the next Bond.

Oooh. He'd be a great Bond!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yeah I love it too.

I know what you mean about Malin Akerman but she's doing a great job

and you have to remember that Damien Lewis is a posh boy from South East London!

No way, I never would have known that!

Very likely he'll be the next Bond.

A ginger bond? fuck off

[Anonymous]

This show is a perfect example of how hollywood white washes things for tv.

Giamatti's role IRL is an indian guy and the overarching framework of the show (targeting insider trading buyside fund) was similar to the galleon group case - which was a fund run by Raj Rajaratnam (Sri Lankan).

Then again, Showtime wouldn't pick up this show (already picked it up for two seasons) if the producers cast two swarthy types for leads - now would they?

Ridiculous - this isn't 1950 anymore people - oh and the galleon group case is a fresh case, less than 5 years old.

[Anonymous]

I really like Paul G., but I fell asleep watching the show

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yeah I love it too.

I know what you mean about Malin Akerman but she's doing a great job

and you have to remember that Damien Lewis is a posh boy from South East London!

No way, I never would have known that!

Very likely he'll be the next Bond.

A ginger bond? fuck off

What?! He's SO hot.

I like the show, especially like Damien Lewis, but finding Paul Giamatti to kind of be overdoing it. I loved Straight Out of Compton and assumed his very heavily-acted portrayal of Jerry Heller was just what Heller was like -- I didn't know what Heller sounded or acted like in real life. But now it feels like he brought some of that onto Billions as well, the huffiness, the vehemence...whatever it is, I just find it a little over-the-top. I can't quite describe it here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This show is a perfect example of how hollywood white washes things for tv.

Giamatti's role IRL is an indian guy and the overarching framework of the show (targeting insider trading buyside fund) was similar to the galleon group case - which was a fund run by Raj Rajaratnam (Sri Lankan).

Then again, Showtime wouldn't pick up this show (already picked it up for two seasons) if the producers cast two swarthy types for leads - now would they?

Ridiculous - this isn't 1950 anymore people - oh and the galleon group case is a fresh case, less than 5 years old.

It's not white-washing. Nobody would want to watch that. Or else Bollywood would be a thing here. It's not.