Damian Lewis knew he'd 'made it' after his Homeland character was referenced by Jay Z
HE WON numerous awards and nominations after starring as Nicholas Brody in the hugely successful political thriller, Homeland.
However it was only when Damian Lewis' character was mentioned in a rap song that the actor realised he'd made it across the pond, he jokingly revealed this week.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show - set to air tomorrow evening - the 44-year-old was asked about the cult US series and its celebrity fans.
The father-of-two said: "He referenced Brody in one of his songs which was, I don’t know, if you want to arrive anywhere, that’s where you want to arrive isn’t it? In a Jay Z song."
When asked if he had spoken with the rapper about the track, Damian joked: "It’s 'Jay' now between us two but no, no I haven’t."
When questioned about meeting actress Jennifer Lawrence, the Band Of Brothers star said: "We found ourselves next to each other on the red carpet in LA recently… We were being interviewed independently and she just suddenly went 'Oh My God… I love your show, it’s Brody, oh wow!'"
And on the interviewer revealing a spoiler connected with the plot, Damian said of the Oscar winner’s shock: "She went 'What!' and the woman just crumpled, she knew immediately [that she’d spoilt it.]"
Speaking about his family, Damian explained what he and actor wife, Helen McCrory, tell their young children about their exciting jobs.
"It’s not age appropriate a lot of the work that I do, unfortunately… They don’t know what acting means, you tell a seven year old or a five year old that you’re actors and they’re as likely to say, 'aren’t we all'… So we still tell them we get paid to tell stories for people and they seem to understand that."
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Damian added: "Going on the school run actually during the height of Homeland, there was this one billboard which was an enormous poster of Homeland with me on it.
"I thought it’d be confusing for them, they were only five and six at the time and I always pointing at things out the other window."
Damian Lewis is joined on this week's programme by Paloma Faith, Josh Widdicombe and Bryan Ferry.
The Jonathan Ross Show will air tomorrow night on ITV1 at 9.55pm.