“In the face of what was at stake for them something had to give — and, in the end, it was their friendship. That’s what makes the story so tragic.” — “A Spy Amo…
to send him to Lebanon, where Philby, previously exonerated of any wrongdoing, is still spying for Moscow. Their four-day, face-to-face meeting — and what Elliott said to Philby on a hotel balcony, out of earshot of recording devices — is a central motif as the series progresses, jumping back and forth in time to track the roots of their friendship and Philby’s treachery .
“I think Philby, in the end, probably felt most hurt by the breakdown of that friendship,” said Pearce . “I think he truly believed that Nicholas knew and would understand why he did what he did, but Elliott wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of admitting that. Fair enough. “It was a really fascinating piece to work on and the question of their immediate friendship and the strength of that friendship was certainly undeniable,” he said. “In the face of what was at stake for them something had to give — and, in the end, it was their friendship. And that’s what makes the story so tragic, because they had a deep love for each other and, like family members, the betrayal is therefore extra-strong and devastating.
“There’s a bit of footage of Nicholas Elliott being interviewed on a BBC talk show after Philby died and there’s a snippet of him saying, ‘Philby wasn’t a double-agent, he was just an outright traitor,'” Pearce said. “You see the hurt in him still … I would love to have understood what it must have been like for Elliott in the years after that — as well as the other people who were tricked.
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