Tom Ellis has made the transfer from Inform Me Lies to the FBI spinoff CIA — and he already has concepts about which of his costars ought to be part of him.
“They’re all so good,” Ellis, 47, completely informed Us Weekly about his former Inform Me Lies scene companions. “However I believe due to this season and the way in which this season goes, I’m actually excited concerning the work that Spencer (Home) is doing as Wrigley.”
Ellis continued: “He’s so good. I’d welcome him onto any set that I used to be engaged on as a result of he’s acquired a lot to present.”
The actor credited his spouse Meaghan Oppenheimer‘s hit Hulu sequence for getting ready him for CIA.
“Inform Me Lies was apply for CIA. Inform Me Lies is principally what Colin does on a regular basis,” Ellis quipped to Us. “It’s actually bizarre going from a personality on Lucifer who prided himself on by no means mendacity to now enjoying somebody who principally completely offers in mendacity. Due to what Colin does and due to how lengthy he’s performed it for, his sense of what actuality is might be a bit warped by now.”
Ellis was thrilled by the difficult character work, including, “He chooses and hand picks what he tells folks about himself. Typically you notice that that modifications and you concentrate on how dependable is that this? How dependable is that this supply? Nevertheless it’s at all times about self preservation. For the CIA, they will’t let anybody into their inside circle and in order that’s why it turns into a little bit of a stumbling block for (Nick Gehlfuss’) Invoice.”
FBI debuted on CBS in 2019 and follows the brokers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York Metropolis. The community adopted that up with FBI: Most Neededwhich aired from 2020 to 2025, concerning the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Fugitive Job Pressure. There was additionally the FBI: Worldwide spinoff concerning the Worldwide Fly Workforce that ran for 4 seasons earlier than concluding in 2025.
In April 2025, CBS gave CIA a straight-to-series order starring Ellis and Gehlfuss. In accordance with the official synopsis, CIA facilities on “two unlikely companions — a fast-talking, rule-breaking unfastened cannon CIA case officer and a by-the-book, seasoned and sensible FBI agent who believes within the rule of legislation.”
“If these two individuals are going to get paired as much as work collectively, there needs to be a component of belief. How are you going to belief somebody who isn’t at all times telling you the reality and is very often naked confronted mendacity to you?” Ellis teased. “However because the season goes on, Invoice begins to comprehend why Colin is this manner and the kind of work that he does and why it’s essential that he doesn’t let folks in.”
Ellis went on to check CIA to its predecessor FBI.
“The FBI offers in crimes which have already occurred predominantly and the CIA attempt to cease the crime from taking place within the first place,” Ellis completely informed Us. “FBI is a really public current arm of the legislation enforcement. They’re the poster boy of U.S. legislation enforcement. And the CIA may be very a lot within the shadows — and doesn’t wish to be on any poster. It doesn’t need folks to see who they’re they usually function in a really kind of voyeuristic method.”
CIA airs on CBS Mondays at 10 p.m. ET.