English Actor Damian Lewis plays Sgt. Nicolas Brody, the central character of TV Series 'Homeland.' The third season opened with a lot of twists-the main one being Brody's mysterious absence.

Damian Lewis talked with The Daily Beast regarding his character and developments on the show.

On the backstory of how Brody winded up in Venezuela: "That backstory is... The success of these operations depends to a degree on lack of information for each individual involved. What is most important is that Brody has been sent into a maze of tunnels, if you like. Just passed from one person to the next. Now he's at the center of this maze. He wakes up, he doesn't know where he is. I think it becomes clear that Carrie doesn't know where he is. So Brody is a prisoner again. He is a victim of his circumstances. And we'll see him plumb the depths."

On Sgt. Brody's character arc this season: "I think he's surviving a) just to stay alive, because the risk of death every day is high. He doesn't trust these guys in Venezuela. And secondly, there is a dream of his that he will be able to stand up proudly and say to his family and the American people that it was not him [who bombed Langley]. That he is not that guy. But I think that's a pipe dream. I have no idea how he can get back to America to make that kind of statement. Brody is a nonperson now. He's living in the shadows. And I think that's going to be his fate."

On the Carrie Matheson/Nicholas Brody relationship angle: "Here's the thing: they never wanted to turn... Homeland was never supposed to be a love story. They've written to it because it's been hugely enjoyable to write to, but now I think they have to work out how to write Brody in without it just necessarily being about that. If they can do that, Brody can go on and on. He's certainly going to be central to Season Three, from the next episode onwards. He's going to play a major part in the events of the second half of the season."