Steve Howey Compares ‘True Lies’ Part to Past Marriage, Dad Role

Like-minded? Steve Howey revealed whether or not he can relate to his True Lies character, Harry, after his divorce from Sarah Shahi.

The Texas native, 45, performs a pc salesman named Harry who is definitely a world spy on the brand new CBS sequence. While Howey is neither a salesman nor a spy, he completely advised Us Weekly on Friday, February 24, that he related with Harry’s position as a “devoted family man” who “adores his kids” regardless of deceiving them and his spouse, Helen (Ginger Gonzaga), for 17 years.

“I’m a father … I know the marriage route,” Howey advised Us of the connection between his life and that of his character. “Harry is a protector. I feel like I’m a protector, especially when I’m with my kids. So, there’s a lot of similarities there.”

The former Shameless star shares three kids — son William, 13, and twins Violet and Knox, 7 — with Shahi, 43, whom he was married to for 11 years earlier than calling it quits. Us completely confirmed in June 2020 that the Sex/Life actress filed for divorce one month prior after separating from her partner in April of that yr.

“After much thought and consideration, we have decided to end our marriage,” the exes mentioned in a joint assertion to Us on the time. “As we enter into this new phase of our lives, our priority will remain co-parenting our children with so much love, mutual respect and friendship. And though our relationship is changing, we are committed to continuing our lives as a loving family.”

Us completely confirmed that Howey and Shahi finalized their divorce in January 2021. While the L Word alum moved on romantically along with her Sex/Life costar Adam Demos in late 2020, Howey targeted on the ultimate season of Shameless, which resulted in 2021, and the start of True Lies, which premieres on Wednesday, March 1.

The Reba alum defined to Us on Friday that he has just a few extra issues in frequent together with his True Lies character since they’re “both the same person” in approach.

“I’m an actor … Harry is an actor as well,” Howey mentioned. “I’m not as a good of liar as Harry is, because I don’t even know if it’s lies or it’s just dishonest truths. You can say true lies [is] lying truthfully.”

The Something Borrowed actor additional defined that his TV alter ego “knows how to compartmentalize,” confessing, “I don’t know how to do that.”

While Howey has discovered TV success earlier than, he advised Us that this position is a bit of bit totally different due to all of the motion.

“I wanted to do my own stunts. I’ve always wanted to do it, like, this has been a dream come true,” the Making Babies star revealed, noting that he had to prepare actually laborious to turn out to be a spy. “Two months before we started production, I was just running up hills, getting my body conditioned. And I just started looking at material for clandestine operations and work and it’s not as glamorous as you think it is.”

The Bride Wars actor’s costar Gonzaga, nonetheless, made the work a bit of extra bearable. “There’s a lot of chemistry between Steve and Ginger, so there’s gonna be chemistry between Harry and Helen,” he teased, explaining that on the present Harry’s spouse learns he’s a spy when they’re kidnapped in Paris. “And that was just luck, destiny, I don’t know. But I adore Ginger. I think she’s one of the funniest people I’ve ever met, and I know a lot of funny people.”

Howey added: “She made me laugh every day when we were working together. It was awesome. And she’s also a good person, so her humor doesn’t come from a bad place or a negative place. Her humor is making fun of herself [and] making fun of me, which I love.”

True Lies premieres on CBS Wednesday, March 1, at 10 p.m. ET.

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With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton