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The Emmy-winner is returning to the finance drama after his abrupt exit in season 5.
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00:00Damian Lewis is returning to billions.
00:03After the actor abruptly exited the Showtime series following season five,
00:07he will be back for the finance drama's upcoming seventh season.
00:10Lewis will appear as hedge fund billionaire Bobby Axelrod
00:13in six of the new season's 12 episodes.
00:16Lewis said this about his return on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
00:19Axe is back, and it's exciting.
00:22He's not been around for a couple of seasons, but he is back.
00:28When?
00:29I can't tell you that!
00:31According to the description for season seven,
00:33alliances are turned on their heads, old wounds are weaponized,
00:36loyalties are tested, betrayal takes on epic proportions,
00:39enemies become wary friends,
00:41and Bobby Axelrod returns as the stakes grow from Wall Street to the world.
00:46Play hard, play clean, be careful out there.
00:50Lewis's departure after season five was explained by his character
00:53going on the run from legal troubles.
00:55The actor previously told the New York Times of his reason
00:58for leaving the series, it's difficult to keep mining creatively.
01:02We know who he is.
01:03He continued, I always just assumed that five would be enough.
01:07Lewis also added that the passing of his wife in 2021,
01:10actress Helen McCrory, was not a factor in the decision,
01:13but that he did want to spend more time at home in London.
01:16Billions ranks as Showtime's longest-running scripted original series.
01:20For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:23For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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