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Weisberg claims that the CIA unwittingly inspired him to create a spy series. The work at the CIA, which Weisberg subsequently acknowledged as a mistake, aided him in developing various scenarios for the series. Some narrative lines are based on true-life stories, and he incorporates strategies and procedures he acquired throughout his training.[([[https:// | Weisberg claims that the CIA unwittingly inspired him to create a spy series. The work at the CIA, which Weisberg subsequently acknowledged as a mistake, aided him in developing various scenarios for the series. Some narrative lines are based on true-life stories, and he incorporates strategies and procedures he acquired throughout his training.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Illegals Program ===== | ||
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+ | Weisberg was inspired to develop a pilot screenplay for the series by the events of the Illegals Program in 2010. His research materials included Vasili Mitrokhin' | ||
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+ | ===== Neutral ===== | ||
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+ | In a 2017 interview, Weisberg stated that the program made every effort to avoid being influenced by the present political situation.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Casting Ideas ===== | ||
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+ | Before casting began, Weisberg stated he had no clue who would be in the series. Keri Russell was cast in the series by FX president John Landgraf. DreamWorks' | ||
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+ | ===== Russell And Rhys ===== | ||
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+ | Russell and Rhys had met briefly years ago at a party but had not been properly introduced. They were both drawn to the show because of the emphasis on their characters' | ||
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+ | ===== To Season 2 ===== | ||
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+ | Susan Misner, Annet Mahendru, and Alison Wright, who portray Sandra Beeman, Nina, and Martha Hanson, respectively, | ||
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+ | ===== Lev Gorn ===== | ||
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+ | Lev Gorn, who plays Arkady Ivanovich, was upgraded to series regular for season three after recurring in the previous two seasons.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Writing ===== | ||
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+ | Landgraf, who didn't know Weisberg but admired the program, offered that he collaborate with Joel Fields as co-showrunner and the other head writer. Fields, for his part, encouraged TV writer Joshua Brand, with whom he had been working on a new pilot, to join the show's writing team as a consulting producer shortly after the show's premiere.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Weisberg, Fields, And Brand ===== | ||
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+ | Weisberg, Fields, and Brand authored or co-wrote ten of the thirteen episodes in the first season. Gibson authored one episode for the second season.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Next Producers ===== | ||
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+ | The show's creative team was expanded with the addition of three new producers: screenwriter and journalist Stephen Schiff, dramatist and children' | ||
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+ | ===== Russian ===== | ||
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+ | The show's primary protagonists, | ||
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+ | ===== Russian Pronunciation ===== | ||
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+ | Because the program was "so much oriented on the world of Russian Russians and Russian illegals," | ||
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+ | ===== Non-Russian Actors ===== | ||
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+ | Other performers had mastered their lines to the point that they sounded practically native. Peter von Berg, who played Vasili Nikolayevich, | ||
+ | Mahendru commended Matthew Rhys for his efforts in delivering a few Russian sentences.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Hall Of Fame ===== | ||
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+ | After its six-season run finished, Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter named The Americans to the "Hall of Fame" dramas.[([[https:// |