Bow down to the new Billions king.

After debuting in the Showtime drama's fifth season as Michael Prince, a rival billionaire to Axe (Damian Lewis), Corey Stoll steps into lead status for season 6 (premiering Sunday), following Lewis' departure. It's quite the promotion for the House of Cards alum, who admitted to EW ahead of his arrival that he'd previously been approached by Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien for different roles, but, "frankly, I was holding out for something a little bit more exciting." And what an investment he made. "We waited and bided our time and then really set this up so that he could have full banquet with this character," said Levien when discussing the elevation.