Sacha Baron Cohen has always been known for his outlandish and often crude comedy, but the Borat actor is taking his first real step into a drama role with Netflix’s The Spy. The streaming service has released the first trailer for the 60s-era espionage series in sees Cohen star as real life ex-Mossad agent Eli Cohen and his work in 1960s Syria. Check out the poster and trailer below…
THE SPY is inspired by the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria in the early 1960s. Cohen becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria’s biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives.
The series stars, Emmy-nominated Sacha Baron Cohen (Who is America?) as Eli Cohen, a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country, but he does his job so well that he finds it hard to strip off his double identity. Noah Emmerich (The Americans) plays Dan Peleg, Eli’s Mossad handler who tires to ease his own guilt over the sacrifices Eli makes, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (Homeland) portrays Eli’s wife, Nadia, who is left to raise their family on her own and knows something isn’t right about her husband’s government job, and Waleed Zuaiter (Colony) plays Amin Al-Hafz, a military officer who thinks he’s found the perfect ally in the undercover Cohen.
The Spy is written and directed by Gideon Raff (Prisoners of War) and also stars Noah Emmerich (The Americans, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (Homeland) and Waleed Zuaiter (Colony).
The Spy premieres on Netflix on September 6th.
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