Richard Gerehas a big problem with his new series,The Agency.
She’ll watch it on her own she will, I know her."
Like Gere, Fassbender also loved the original French series when he watched it about five years ago.
Richard Gere and Michael Fassbender on ‘The Agency’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
“And then five years later, [the producers] approached me about the idea of doing this.
I read the scripts, and it was just an easy decision to make.”
But he was shocked to see how much TV has evolved throughout his film career.
Michael Fassbender on ‘The Agency’.Nick Wall/Paramount+
He pauses before adding, “It’s hard to even call it television now.
It’s a different animal.
Very sizable budgets to tell stories.”
India Fowler and Michael Fassbender on ‘The Agency’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
“That was new,” he says.
The first few days were a little rough, but they’re terrific actors and terrific guys."
“I’m an actor, so we lie for a living,” Fassbender says with a laugh.
Richard Gere and Jeffrey Wright on ‘The Agency’.Nadav Kander/Paramount+
But that’s where the similarities to his character end.
“This is a big shot,” Gere says of his character.
“I think another actor might’ve taken this in a different direction,” he admits.
Michael Fassbender and Jodie Turner Smith on ‘The Agency’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
But at the same time, he had to balance Bosko’s role as the boss.
“Part of that is tough love.
These agents have to know what they’re doing or they’ll get hurt.”
Jeffrey Wright and Richard Gere on ‘The Agency’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
There’s a level of tipping point where there’s no patience anymore."
“They have a very close relationship, the two of them,” he says.
“There’s a lot of nail-biting moments, that’s for sure,” Fassbender says.
“The tension builds and builds and when they reach the climax, it all builds beautifully.”
This is very contemporary.
It’s very today, the political world that this [series] deals with."
As for whether Gere hopesThe Agencywill run for the same amount of seasons as the original?
“I get bored easily.
It’s fun at this point.
Give me a year.”
