Behind the Scenes with Poldark’s Aidan Turner
Find out about the making of Poldark as star Aidan Turner (Ross Poldark) talks filming, fans, and favorite scenes in an exclusive interview with MASTERPIECE. Saddle up and swoon and let Aidan Turner take you behind the scenes! #PoldarkPBS


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How Aidan Turner Turned a 70s Masterpiece Theatre Reboot into a Mini-Revolution
19th June 2015
BY KRISTA SMITH
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASON BELL

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'The Americans' Star on Lack of Awards: "We Haven’t Been Sleeping With the Right People"
8:00 AM PST 2/18/2015 by Bryn Elise Sandberg

From bone-breaking to teeth-pulling, season three of FX's espionage drama The Americans hasn't exactly been an easy ride for the spy couple.

Tension continues to build between KGB agents Phillip (Matthew Rhys) and ( Read more... )

'The Americans' Star Matthew Rhys: Television's Unheralded Leading Man
Brittany S Frederick  February 11th, 2015

There's a certain amusement in the fact that Matthew Rhys, bona fide star of The Americans, is not actually from America. He's originally Welsh, now playing a Russian impersonating an American, who then pretends to be countless other ( Read more... )

On wigs, fight scenes, and why they call Keri Russell 'the Hulk' on set
By Alan Sepinwall  @Sepinwall | Wednesday, Feb 4, 2015 9:00 AM
Last week, I published the first two of the interviews I did on “The Americans” set in December, with producers Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields , and with actress Holly Taylor. Now it’s time for one of the show’s two ( Read more... )

‘We seem to be constantly taking offence as a nation’
By Roshmila Bhattacharya | Feb 2, 2015,

Rahul Khanna is upset after his love-making scenes from TV show, The Americans, were edited out as they're 'too hot to handle' for Indian viewers.
The third season of Rahul Khanna's TV show, The Americans, went on air on Friday. The actor admits that though ( Read more... )

‘THE AMERICANS’ STAR MATTHEW RHYS TALKS SEASON 3 AND LIFE AS A “LUDDITE”
BY ERIN BIGLOW

He may portray undercover KGB agent Philip Jennings on acclaimed Cold War drama “The Americans,” but in real life Matthew Rhys has no problem showing his true colors.

The Workprint caught up with Rhys in time for the spy thriller’s third season premiere, ( Read more... )

Matthew Rhys - The Americans
By starrymag | January 28, 2015

Q) So for you now being in season three, what has still been the most challenging part?  Since you have to play several characters, actually, being the spy, what has been the most challenging part and which is really maybe the easier part of playing him?

A) I’m still figuring out if ( Read more... )

Matthew Rhys Wants to Dance to ’80s Tunes in ‘The Americans’

Ever since he arrived in the U.S. in 1965, Philip Jennings - real name: Mischa from Tobolsk, Soviet Union - has played the dutiful role of KGB spy.

Under the guise of the typical suburban Washington, D.C., family man, Philip (Matthew Rhys) has walked a tenuous line between protecting ( Read more... )

Spy Hard: The Americans’ Matthew Rhys Gets Conflicted
By Gerri Miller        | 01/27/2015

In Season 3 of FX’s The Americans (Wednesdays, 10/9c, beginning January 28th), Ronald Reagan is president, the Cold War is raging, and Russian spy Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys) has bigger problems than keeping his identity secret from the FBI agent next door. ( Read more... )