Not so long ago, Michael Fassbender's legions of fans wondered if their favorite actor would ever return to our screens. The combination of becoming a father and his love of sports car racing had kept him away for four years, but he's been making up for lost time. The film that marked his return is on Netflix and his star-studded hit series on Paramount Plus with Showtime (simply via Paramount Plus in the UK), which has just reached its climax, has been greenlit for a second season.
The show is The Agency and when we say "star-studded", we're not kidding. As well as double Oscar nominee Fassbender, the cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere, John Magaro, Jodie Turner-Smith and Katherine Waterston, a mighty ensemble entangled in an espionage thriller based on the critically acclaimed French drama Le Bureau. Fassbender is a covert CIA agent, Martian, who is ordered to leave his undercover life and return to London, but when his abandoned love follows him, their relationship resumes, so his feelings clash with his career, his real identity and his latest mission. The tension escalates when he's made the proverbial offer he can't refuse — to become a double agent, so he can protect his girlfriend.
