Showtime has unveiled the new trailer for Season 5 of Billions, offering fans’ first look at new characters played by Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll.
Margulies will portray a new character named Catherine Brant, described as an ‘Ivy League sociology professor and bestselling author.’
Stoll will have a season-long arc as Michael Prince, ‘a business titan from a small town in Indiana.’
New trailer: Showtime has unveiled the new trailer for Season 5 of Billions, offering fans’ first look at new characters played by Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll
Catherine: Margulies will portray a new character named Catherine Brant, described as an ‘Ivy League sociology professor and bestselling author’
Michael: Stoll will have a season-long arc as Michael Prince, ‘a business titan from a small town in Indiana’
The trailer begins with Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) telling his longtime rival Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) that they both, ‘need power, we need to feel alive, maybe even to be alive.’
Mike Wagner (David Costabile) tells Axelrod that the ‘world is changing and you are right in the center of it,’ as we get our first look at Michael Prince, who walks into a room to meet Axelrod.
Rhoades is seen telling Kate Sacker (Condola Rashad) that Prince is, ‘at war with Bobby Axelrod, and that he, ‘knows how to work this.’
Bobby: The trailer begins with Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis) telling his longtime rival Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) that they both, ‘need power, we need to feel alive, maybe even to be alive’
Mike: Mike Wagner (David Costabile) tells Axelrod that the ‘world is changing and you are right in the center of it,’ as we get our first look at Michael Prince, who walks into a room to meet Axelrod
Work this: Rhoades is seen telling Kate Sacker (Condola Rashad) that Prince is, ‘at war with Bobby Axelrod, and that he, ‘knows how to work this’
Axelrod says he sees, ‘the whole thing from a whole other dimension,’ while Rhoades tells Prince that, ‘people like us must destroy people like him’ as they’re seen shaking hands.
The trailer then reveals a first look at Brant, who tells Rhoades, ‘I don’t like this game,’ though Rhoades adds that it’s ‘not a game.’
Axelrod is seen defiantly telling someone, ‘I will tear you apart, as Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon) tells Rhoades, ‘You still don’t know how all the pieces fit together.’
Game: The trailer then reveals a first look at Brant, who tells Rhoades, ‘I don’t like this game,’ though Rhoades adds that it’s ‘not a game’
Pieces: Axelrod is seen defiantly telling someone, ‘I will tear you apart, as Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon) tells Rhoades, ‘You still don’t know how all the pieces fit together’
Rhoades then tells someone, ‘it’s a triple-cross,’ as Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff) screams ‘I told you never to come to my place of work’ at Sarah Hammon (Samantha Mathis).
Prince tells Axelrod, ‘I don’t know what you’re doing. I hate when people mess with my money.’
Wendy tells Chuck that, ‘it’s getting tribal out there,’ while we get another quick look at another new character, Frank Grillo’s Nico Tanner, a ‘modern artist.’
Work: Rhoades then tells someone, ‘it’s a triple-cross,’ as Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff) screams ‘I told you never to come to my place of work’ at Sarah Hammon (Samantha Mathis)
The trailer winds down with a number of quick-cut shots including one of Prince telling someone (likely Axelrod) ‘You’re a monster.’
The final shot features a seemingly drunk Axelrod telling Prince, ‘That’s right, I am a monster, a carnivorous monster,’ as the trailer comes to an end.
The fifth season of Billions is slated to premiere Sunday, May 3 at 9 PM ET on Showtime, or on Stan in Australia.
Monster: The final shot features a seemingly drunk Axelrod telling Prince, ‘That’s right, I am a monster, a carnivorous monster,’ as the trailer comes to an end
Premiere: The fifth season of Billions is slated to premiere Sunday, May 3 at 9 PM ET on Showtime