musings about the actor and the characters he brings to life
Billions premiered on Showtime on January 17, 2016 – ten years ago today.
Happy 10th Birthday!
Fan Fun with Damian Lewis had an organic relationship with Billions. I launched the blog at the same time they started filming the series pilot and Damian found out about the blog the day they filmed the iconic ‘Fuck You Money’ scene. Continue reading “Happy 10th Birthday, Billions!”
Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Human trafficking is nothing but modern day slavery. It is a multi-billion dollar crime industry where, according to The International Labor Organization estimates, 24.9 million people are deprived of their freedoms globally. What makes this even worse is that 1 in 4 of the victims are children.
Stolen is a harrowing TV drama, made in 2011 for BBC One, that focuses on the problem of child trafficking. Written by Stephen Butchard, directed by Justin Chadwick, and filmed in Manchester, the movie stars a number of very talented first-time child actors along with our own Damian Lewis. The movie received a BAFTA TV nomination for Best Single Drama in 2012.
Here is the official trailer: Continue reading “Damian Lewis in Stolen”
Major Richard Winters passed away on January 2, 2011 – 15 years ago today. He is the real life hero that we all have come to know as the charismatic and compassionate commander of Easy Company in Band of Brothers. His obituary in Washington Post makes a note about his leadership through a letter written by Floyd Talbert, one of his soldiers, to thank Major Winters for his loyalty and leadership in the war:
“You are loved and will never be forgotten by any soldier that ever served under you. I would follow you into hell.”
After the war, Major Winters led a quiet and peaceful life on his farm in Fredericksburg and in his home in Hershey, Pennsylvania until Band of Brothers — the book as well as the TV series — put him into the international spotlight. He was a true WWII hero who was never comfortable being called one. When asked if he was a hero, he liked to answer the way his WWII buddy Mike Ranney did to his grandson: “No, but I served in a company of heroes.” This became a major tagline in Band of Brothers.
Major Winters died like he lived. Quietly. And, upon his request, his funeral service was private and unannounced. We are honored to make a tribute to this real-life war hero on this day. Continue reading “In Memory of Major Dick Winters”
“I loved doing “Homeland,” I loved playing Brody. I’m extremely proud of who we all created together. I think he’s a tragic hero for our time. He himself embodies a cautionary tale, going right back to the beginning, about sending young men to war and the damage it can do. He had brief moments of happiness and glory, but was essentially a very unhappy figure for three years.” – Damian Lewis
One of the biggest — and honestly most surprising — Damian Lewis moments of 2025 didn’t come from a red carpet, a film premiere, or a BAFTA nomination. It came from Netflix. When Homeland, a show that ended in 2018, dropped globally this year, it suddenly climbed into Netflix’s Top 10 like it had never gone away. My inbox filled with messages. Social media lit up. People were arguing about Carrie again, bashing about Dana again, screaming about Brody again. And here on Fan Fun, something magical happened — our old Homeland posts from 2015, 2016, 2017 suddenly came alive with clicks and comments from brand new viewers and fans who returned after a decade. Twelve years after Nicholas Brody left Homeland forever, he is still very popular. And so I officially declare this revival one of Damian Lewis’ top moments of 2025, because what other actor has a character so powerful, so haunting, so emotionally catastrophic that he rises from the dead to ruin us all over again? 🙂 Continue reading “TOP Damian Lewis Moments 2025: Homeland Came Back To Life – And So Did Brody”
One of the top moments this year has been Fackham Hall, Damian’s gloriously unhinged spoof of the British period drama! It is now showing at a movie theater near you in the US and the UK but also available for streaming on major streaming platforms like AppleTV, Amazon, Fandango and such.
I managed to catch an early screening on December 3 — but only after Lewisto, my husband, asked ChatGPT whether it was medically safe for me to watch a comedy so soon after surgery. I know, I know! His fear was that I might laugh so hard my stitches would burst. Honestly, the conversation was almost as funny as the movie itself. And I’m happy to report that my stitches remained intact— my composure, less so 🙂
Going into the film, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m not a huge fan of recent American comedies — give me oldies like Some Like It Hot or The Apartment any day — but I absolutely adore British humour. That perfect dryness, that glorious deadpan delivery. The kind of humor where someone says something outrageous with the emotional tone of a weather forecast. The cast of Fackham Hall gets this completely: the straighter their faces, the harder you laugh.
Continue reading “TOP Damian Lewis Moments 2025: Lord Davenport Leads the Laughs in Fackham Hall”