Is Bobby Axelrod coming back for ‘Billions’ season seven?
nme.comBillions has missed its leading man since Bobby Axelrod jetted off on his uber-expensive jet to a non-extradition country, but will he make a comeback in season seven?Damian Lewis (Homeland, Band Of Brothers, and Wolf Hall) was noticeably absent from the sixth season of the show he’d helmed since 2016.
However, his departure in season six the Sky Atlantic/Paramount+ show let Paul Giamatti’s Chuck Rhoades Jr. and Corey Stoll’s Mike Prince take the limelight.That said, there seemed to be a hole left by Lewis that was seemingly impossible to fill.
Especially given as a return was never ruled out completely by the show’s creators.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly ahead of the season six premier in 2021, Executive Producer Brian Koppleman teasingly said:”The goodbyes on Billions and the hellos on Billions are never permanent; nothing is etched in stone.”Lewis put Billions on the map with his performance as the roguish and ruthless Axelrod.
But, following the death of his wife Helen McCrory in April 2021, Lewis announced his departure from the show.At the time, he tweeted that it was “a pleasure and a privilege to play Axe for 5 seasons”.
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