‘Well,’ he says, smiling. ‘When I got the first draft of the pilot, I happened to be having lunch with my friend Michael Lewis. Michael wrote The Blind Side, and Moneyball, and The Big Short. He asked what was happening with A Gentleman in Moscow, and I said, “Oh, they actually just sent me the first draft of the pilot, and asked for my thoughts and my input. But, you know, I think they’re just being polite.” Michael pauses, and then just says, “They’re definitely just being polite. Not only do they not want to know your feedback. They wish you were dead.”’