Comments on: Alternatives To Mad Men, Or, Why I Love Damian Lewis

By: Kai

Kai — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:41:45 +0000

I think you’ll enjoy it — he’s pretty funny.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:30:57 +0000

I haven’t seen this show, but I have seen Band of Brothers, and Damian Lewis was fantastic in it. I’m going to have to check this out.

By: Kai

Kai — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:51:42 +0000

That is exactly why I love this show. Crews is so nutty but still charming and clearly very serious when he needs to be. Lewis is perfect.

And, um, no comment on the subject of Stephen King movies.

By: Taco

Taco — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:23:23 +0000

Let me share with you one of my favorite exchanges from that show:

Crews to chop-shop mechanic: That is an AWESOME car. Can you get a GPS in it?
Mechanic: No way, you don’t want the man keeping track of you.
Crews: That’s right! Screw the man!
Reese: Crews, you ARE the man.
Crews: That’s right! I AM the man!

Damian Lewis was also great in the HBO WW2 miniseries Band of Brothers where they paired him with Ron Livingston as the junior officers of a company of paratroopers. Not so great in Stephen King’s “Dreamcatcher” but then again, it’s tough to act well when your script calls for a serious conversation with Morgan Freeman about “sh*t weasels.”