Claire Danes isn\u2019t securing these behind-the-scenes secrets.<\/p>\n
The actress, 46, revealed a shocking on-set moment that occurred while filming the Season 3 finale of \u201cHomeland,\u201d titled \u201cThe Star.\u201d<\/p>\n
Danes opened up about Brody\u2019s (Damian Lewis) tragic death during an appearance on\u00a0Amy Poehler\u2019s \u201cGood Hang\u201d podcast<\/a> on Tuesday. Brody was sentenced to death by public hanging at the hands of the Iranians in the episode.<\/p>\n Claire Danes on Amy Poehler\u2019s \u201cGood Hang\u201d podcast. Good Hang with Amy Poehler\/Youtube<\/p>\n The cast of \u201cHomeland.\u201d Showtime<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Brody died, that sequence \u2014\u00a0it was also really rough, just really graphic. They really went there,\u201d she said, appearing agitated. \u201cLike, come on. It was so intense.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe dies on a crane, but then the crane, when we were filming, broke! So, we were really\u00a0hung up\u00a0by that,\u201d Danes shared.<\/p>\n \u201cHomeland\u201d aired for eight seasons from 2011 to 2020, with the \u201cRomeo + Juliet\u201d star explaining: \u201cWe\u2019d reimagine ourselves every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Claire Danes in Season 8 of \u201cHomeland.\u201d \u00a9Showtime Networks Inc.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n With every new season, the show\u2019s location changed, taking place in New York City, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Berlin.<\/p>\n Production had Danes and her family living in different cities around the world during filming.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was in Morocco, but, yeah, the first three seasons we were mostly in Charlotte, N.C., which was standing in for D.C., and we\u2019d shoot a month in Israel or Morocco or something,\u201d the Emmy winner recalled. \u201cWhen we had to really redefine the show in a more macro way, we then became this traveling enterprise. So, we were shooting in Cape Town [South Africa] for half a year, which was standing in for Palestine and Afghanistan. There was a year in Berlin, then a year in New York.\u201d <\/p>\n A scene from \u201cHomeland.\u201d Showtime<\/p>\n Shooting domestically \u201cwas actually very strange\u201d and \u201cweirdly stressful\u201d for Danes because \u201cpeople expected me to go to dinner\u201d since she was back home.<\/p>\n \u201cActually, I can\u2019t do this and live my life. There was something nice about being on location and being allowed to give myself entirely to it, because I didn\u2019t have energy to spare,\u201d the \u201cStardust\u201d actress told Poehler. <\/p>\n \u201cThat was almost the hardest season, because there was this illusion that I was living my life, and I couldn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n A shot of Damian Lewis during the dramatic death scene in \u201cHomeland.\u201d Showtime<\/p>\n \u201cHomeland\u201d followed Danes as CIA agent Carrie Mathison who ended up falling in love with an American war prisoner (Lewis, 54). <\/p>\n Throughout the series\u2019 run, Danes earned two Emmys, two Golden Globes, and an Actor Award.<\/p>\n While on Poehler\u2019s podcast, the star also opened up about finding out she was pregnant with her third<\/a> child at 44 years old.<\/p>\n Damian Lewis and Claire Danes in \u201cHomeland.\u201d \u00a9Showtime Networks Inc.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Claire Danes in Season 5 of the Showtime series. \u00a9Showtime Networks Inc.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Mandy Patinkin, Claire Danes in Season 2 of \u201cHomeland.\u201d \u00a9Showtime Networks Inc.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Danes recounted how she called her OBGYN in \u201cconvulsive tears.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a pure, like, meltdown,\u201d she confessed. \u201cNone of this was by design. I didn\u2019t know it was physically possible. I was 44.\u201d<\/p>\n