Homeland - Damian Lewis Interview

Tell me about "Homeland."
It's about a returning Marine sergeant who has been a P.O.W. for eight years. Everyone thought he was dead, but he's discovered in an Al Qaeda cell. He returns to the U.S. as a hero for everyone except this one maverick, possibly-volatile C.I.A. agent -- played by Claire Danes -- who thinks he might have been turned and might be here to do damage. He's someone who has found a comfort and spiritual sustenance in Islam while he was over in the Middle East. He is now a Muslim -- and if you think that means he's a terrorist then ok, he's a terrorist -- but we all know that's not really true.

Did the show change your opinion of the Iraq war?
My take on it is, I think, reflected in the show, which is why I was interested in doing it. That the world 10 years on from 9/11 is in an even more unsettled place, and although one would agree that action needed to be taken against the terrorists from 9/11, the wars which we chose to wage -- and the ways in which we waged them -- have not always been done the right way and have been heavily criticized. They have left a lot of people feeling at odds with their own governments and have made people question the rights and wrongs of the actions of their own governments. You start to question your identity. Who do you ally yourself with? The world is a more complicated place; it's grayer.

Source: Full interview @ Huffington Post