Michael Shannon can seemingly do it all.

But there’s one thing he was convinced he couldn’t do: play a spy.

“If I thought I could do it then I probably would have been bored.

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It seemed like a big challenge to me because it’s very far away from my own life experience.

“I didn’t really go talk to a lot of people about it.

I did it mostly myself, just based on reading and private contemplation,” said Shannon.

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The handsome man turns out to be an Israeli intelligence officer in the employ of Kurtz (Shannon).

“I really was looking forward to collaborating and making this relationship with him.

It’s a fascinating relationship that these two have.