Is That Him Or The Other One?

" Billions" on Showtime, is a terrific series..
But it commits the most basic casting sin.  Every week.
It's not that the actors are bad.  They're not.
Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis are wonderful.
Most of the rest of the cast is wonderful.
But there is a casting situation that pervades it that is most unfortunate.
There are three sets of actors that look way too much like each other.
It's close enough that it causes the viewer to ask out loud ''is that him or the other one?"
Or "Is that her or the other one?"
The actor playing the D.A. looks a whole lot like the actor playing Taylor's right hand man.
There are two blonde's.
One who played Bobby's love interest this season, looks a whole lot like the blonde who works for Taylor.
And there was a doctor who works for Giamatti this season who looks a lot like one of Taylor's assistants.
It all calls the question "Is that them or the other one?"
The point is it's all so unnecessary.
Life can be confusing enough.
Just cast actors who don't resemble each other.
All you Casting people out there:  Just be aware that this is a problem.
It's not like those Discover Card commercials where both ends of the phone conversations are
played by the same actor.
That's deliberate.  It's just as annoying, but I get it.

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