Joel Kinnaman Warns Against "Wars of Choice" After 'High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam's Finale

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam's finale.After eight thrilling episodes following Joel Kinnaman's John Nixon in High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, the TNT series has finally concluded with John returning home to D.C. to brief President George W. Bush (Paul Ryan), while back in Iraq, Saddam Hussein (Waleed Zuaiter) faces execution after his capture. Throughout the series, we watched as Nixon aided in the hunt for Hussein before he began his conversations with the dictatorial president. The conversations between the two men, held to pressure Hussein into revealing where their WMDs were hidden, largely revolved around the history of the region and gave an intimate look at the enigmatic figure. By the end of the season, Nixon left the Middle East crowned not only as the man who found Saddam but with a surprisingly nuanced perspective on Hussein. Kinnaman sat down with Collider to break down how he prepared and got into the mind of the real-life John Nixon, what it was like working across from Zuaiter in their one-on-one scenes, the difficulties of filming in Cairo, and the biggest takeaways you should have after watching High Value Target.