Claire Danes on Homeland 5: Of Carrie and Le Carré

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Channel: Golden Globes · 2015 · Entertainment

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With Season 5 finally under way, fans of one of TV’s most gripping series can finally get their fix. This season is almost a “sequel”: the narrative timeline has jumped forward two years and after the U.S. and South Africa the action has shifted to Berlin. The German setting lends the proceedings a classic spy-story feel reminiscent of John Le Carré novels, Claire Danes told the HFPA’s Silvia Bizio. That’s not to say that the show doesn’t deliver on its uncanny ability to reflect – some would say foreshadow – current world events. Here's what else Claire told us.

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