Billy Magnussen stars as Duncan Park, a tech CEO in AMC 's The Audacity . “No character is a villain in their own story,” he tells Newsweek . “They always think they're the hero.” You could have leaned into leading man roles early in your career. Was the decision to go a different direction intentional? That's so funny. Listen, we can hunt the career we want, but we can't choose the jobs we get. The truth is, I went up for those leading man roles and for some reason, it just never went my way.