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This is Fresh Air. I'm Terry Gross. Our guest today is actor Daniel Day Kim. His first big role was on

the TV show Lost. He was nominated for a Tony earlier this year for starring in the revival of the play Yellowface. Now he's

the star and an executive producer of the new TV series Butterfly on Prime Video. He spoke with

fresh airs Anne Marie Boldenado. My guest, Daniel Day Kim, has spent years on television,

often playing characters that defy stereotypes. In a recent piece on Kim,

the New York Times says he's become known for characters that are, quote, earnest, serious, enigmatic,

dignified. Now he stars in the new show called Butterfly, playing David Jung, a former spy for the U.S. who years ago faked his death to protect his young daughter, who he feared was in danger because of his work.

Now it's almost 10 years later, and his daughter Rebecca, thinking that her father is dead, has entered the world of espionage as an assassin.

David comes out of hiding to try and save her from that life.

Here's a scene from the first episode of Butterfly.

David has just come face to face with his daughter for the first time, since she was a little girl, both with their guns drawn.

You still haven't put your gun down.

Neither of you.

I owe you answers, I know that.

But right now we have to get out of here.

I'm not going anywhere until you tell me.

No, we have to leave.

Tell me, tell me why you left when I was 14 years old.

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