[jacqueline] in homeland, damian lewis plays a marine who is captured and held for several years. >>>ar has been turned. >> in "homeland," damian lewis plays a marine who was captured and held for several years. during that time, he converts to islam. the central question is when he comes back home, is he a hero or is he a terrorist in disguise? this man's heroism is only in question because of his faith. claire danes' character, this very reluctant anti-hero is tasked with figuring that out. >> and also, the main character carrie, played by danes, struggles with bipolar, and that's a thing the show digs into in some really fascinating and meaty ways. >> my green pen is dry. i've asked four, five, six times to renew them. there is no understanding. they offer me blue. they offer me black. green so hard? is green elusive? i mean, my kingdom for a green pen. >> carrie mathison in many ways is wearing and has internalized the strain and the stress and the damage of these years of war. >> i just remember this still being a really big deal at the beginning of this decade. claire danes, mov

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. >> in "homeland," damian lewis plays a marine who was captured and held for several years.is when he comes home, is he a hero or a terrorism in disguise. this man's heroism is only in question because of his faith. >> the main character, played by claire danes, struggles with bipolar, and that's something the show digs into. >> there's no understanding. they offer me blue. they offer me black. is green so hard? is green elusive. i'd give my kingdom for a green pen. >> carrie mathson, in many ways, is wearing and has internalized the strain and the stress and the damage of these years of war. >> i just remember this still being a really big deal at the beginning of this decade. claire danes, movie actress, has come to television to play this complicated character. >> if i have a chance to work in this -- i will. >> what started in the 2000s was the graduate elimination of the mid-budget movie. you have this great class of character actors looking for satisfying material, and they're not finding it in movies. they started to come to showtime and places on cable. >> how would