Christian Kane has no hang-ups talking about how long he’s played Eliot Spencer in Dean Devlin’s enduring “Leverage” franchise.

“I tell you,” Kane said in a Zoom interview about his iconic role in the action series, “A lot of people don’t want to talk about how we’ve been doing it since 2008.

“Because then it makes us look like we’ve been going for so long? Actually, we shot the pilot in 2007, so it’s been that long.”

Kane, 52, starred in “Leverage” from 2008-2012 for five seasons, then returned when the series rebooted in 2021 as “Leverage: Redemption.”  Its third season streams the first three episodes on April 17.

As to why it’s remained so durable, “When this show first came out,” Kane theorized, “America was going through a pretty rough economic time. People were losing jobs. People were getting beat up by the big guys.

“And this was one of the first shows ever, where we threw the punches for you. No matter what you were going through, what situation, we found a way to hit people in the face — for everybody in America!

“They allowed us to come in and do the fighting. They also invited us into the living room and we became family members.

“I’m not saying this because that’s what I think,” he clarified. “I’ve actually heard this from people, from my friends and people I’ve met on the street.

“I think that’s the longevity of the show: You could always count on us to make you feel better by throwing the punches that legally people can’t.”

As to who Elliot Spencer is, “The one thing about Elliot that’s different than all the other characters is that there is no redemption for Elliott.

“I’ve talked to the writers and the creators of the show. You know, Elliot’s a mass murderer. He did a lot of bad stuff for the government, and then went off and did stuff on his own.

“So he changed teams to play for the good guys. Because he, honestly, will never be able to erase what he’s done. His only redemption is if all his friends and all his new family get to go home and feel good about themselves.

“But the fight’s never going to be over for him — and he’s come to terms with that.

“That’s one thing about playing a character that’s complicated. As an actor, I was the kid that dreamt this would happen, that I would get a role like this.

“So it’s never going to be over for him. I really don’t have to say goodbye to the guy. No matter what.

“I have to live with him. And he has to live with me.”

Prime Video streams 3 episodes of “Leverage: Redemption” on Thursday