It’s hard not to look at the array of cover identities Matthew Rhys has used on the FX network spy drama “The Americans” and not conclude that they should star in a Web spinoff called “The Porn Identity.”

“That’s brilliant!” Rhys said with a laugh, when pitched the idea.

We actually did get into a reasonably non-silly discussion of identity and how Rhys approached the theme of assimilation within the context of the drama, in which he and Keri Russell play Russian spies posing as American suburbanites. But we’ll get to that after Rhys divulges the details on some of the secret identities he’s used on the show.

Rhys thought a lot about the backstories of Philip and Elizabeth, but he also devoted a great deal of time to thinking up histories for his various undercover getups.

“You know how it is, there’s so much tedium on a set that you come up with these stories to amuse yourself,” Rhys said.

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