John Smith

So I was so taken with the idea of how do you fight an enemy who pretends they're not fighting with you? And so I wrote this like five episodes of how do you deal with passive aggressive Russia? And Dafna called me on the phone one day and said, I have bad news for both you and millions of innocent civilians. Vladimir Putin is about to invade Ukraine. I thought.

So I was so taken with the idea of how do you fight an enemy who pretends they're not fighting with you? And so I wrote this like five episodes of how do you deal with passive aggressive Russia? And Dafna called me on the phone one day and said, I have bad news for both you and millions of innocent civilians. Vladimir Putin is about to invade Ukraine. I thought.

So I was so taken with the idea of how do you fight an enemy who pretends they're not fighting with you? And so I wrote this like five episodes of how do you deal with passive aggressive Russia? And Dafna called me on the phone one day and said, I have bad news for both you and millions of innocent civilians. Vladimir Putin is about to invade Ukraine. I thought.

So we had to throw out a whole lot of story.

So we had to throw out a whole lot of story.

So we had to throw out a whole lot of story.

That was going to be season one.

That was going to be season one.

That was going to be season one.

That was going to be season one. Yeah.

That was going to be season one. Yeah.

That was going to be season one. Yeah.

Yeah. All of this all about, you know, Russia had done something and was pretending they didn't. And so how would we respond?

Yeah. All of this all about, you know, Russia had done something and was pretending they didn't. And so how would we respond?

Yeah. All of this all about, you know, Russia had done something and was pretending they didn't. And so how would we respond?

Just terrific in the role. Amazing. And, you know, the idea was to give him a little bit of Trump and a little bit of Boris Johnson. Sure, yeah. And to try and figure out what you do when there is a chaotic figure as a head of state. Like, you know, how does everybody around that individual manage? So that was part of the brief. But Rory Kinnear is so good.

Just terrific in the role. Amazing. And, you know, the idea was to give him a little bit of Trump and a little bit of Boris Johnson. Sure, yeah. And to try and figure out what you do when there is a chaotic figure as a head of state. Like, you know, how does everybody around that individual manage? So that was part of the brief. But Rory Kinnear is so good.

Just terrific in the role. Amazing. And, you know, the idea was to give him a little bit of Trump and a little bit of Boris Johnson. Sure, yeah. And to try and figure out what you do when there is a chaotic figure as a head of state. Like, you know, how does everybody around that individual manage? So that was part of the brief. But Rory Kinnear is so good.

that he plays these scenes where the guy is chaotic and impulsive, but then always puts in a little bit of like really smart and absolutely relatable. So you can't dismiss the guy at all.

that he plays these scenes where the guy is chaotic and impulsive, but then always puts in a little bit of like really smart and absolutely relatable. So you can't dismiss the guy at all.