Sky One's British spy comedy starring Friends' David Schwimmer and Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed is now available to watch on Netflix.
Created by the actor/comedian Mohammed, Intelligence is a workplace sitcom that sees American NSA agent Jerry Bernstein (Schwimmer) cause a bit of a stir when he is assigned to act as a liaison to the cyber crimes unit for the UK's Government Communications Headquarters.
Jerry makes quick work rubbing his co-workers up the wrong way, especially the team's chief, when he bulldozes his way into the department with his domineering personality.
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Intelligence premiered in February 2020, with a second series following in June 2021. A special episode, starring Jennifer Saunders, aired in May 2023.
The show was the Friends' star's second chance at a comedic, intelligence role, having passed on the opportunity to star in Men in Black back in the '90s.
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While guest-starring on the Origins With Cush Jumbo podcast in September, Schwimmer shared that he turned down the Men in Black role in favour of directing his first film, the 1998 rom-com Since You've Been Gone.
"[It] was a brutal decision," he explained. "I had just finished filming The Pallbearer, my first film with Gwyneth Paltrow, and there were high expectations of that which didn't come true.
"It was kind of a bomb, but there were high expectations and the studio which was Miramax wanted to lock me into a three-picture deal at a fixed price, and I said I would do that if I got to direct my first movie."
Despite Schwimmer saying a part in the blockbuster had the potential to change the trajectory of his career, he regrets nothing.
"You have to follow your gut. You have to follow your heart," he concluded.
Intelligence is available to watch on Sky and Netflix.
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