When the pair face each other off it’s a chest-beating master class in hard stares and brutish banter. No mean feat considering that Giamatti has headlined the Golden Globe winning John Adams and was nominated for an Oscar for Cinderella Man and Lewis, who gained notoriety as the “is he? Isn’t he” terrorist in Homeland, has played Henry VIII in Wolf Hall and went to war in Band Of Brothers. The two leads are astounding, delivering powerful career best performances. The war between the two powerful New York figures turns Wall Street into a battleground. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) who is trying to bring down hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (Damian Lewis).
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Capital Advisors, the series was created by Ocean’s Thirteen and Rounders co-writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien and The New York Times’ financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, no relation to The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin.Īt the centre of the show is a cashed-up battle of wits between U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and his legal battles with hedge fund manager Steve Cohen of S.A.C. Loosely based on the activities of crusading federal prosecutor of financial crimes Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Ferociously intelligent and hugely entertaining futures trading, capital gains and hedge funds have never been this thrilling. Brash, bullish and testosterone fuelled there has never been a show about finance like Billions.
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