presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.” And the man we get to watch do this is Adrien freaking Brody, because after playing a con man in The Brothers Bloom, Salvador Dali in Midnight in Paris, and being generally huggable in The Darjeeling Limited, I have no doubts he could take on the part of illusionist-slash-magician-slash… well, you get it, and totally sell it. Houdini will reportedly “ the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. If you don’t know enough about him to know why to be excited, his occupation according to Wiki: Illusionist, magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian, film producer, pilot, debunker. Shane Black is directing a new Predator film.The History Channel will air a new miniseries about Harry Houdini, starring Adrien Brody ( The Pianist ) and Kristen Connolly ( House of Cards). The development aspect is really exciting for me, not just to perform as an actor but to direct and help filmmakers I admire have an opportunity to have their projects come to fruition. It’s a chance to help cultivate films I feel very suited for, that I can help guide in a way, that don’t necessarily come down the pipeline on their own. You launched your own production company, Fable House, in May.

I was doing shows I’d just learned within a week or two that he had spent 10 years performing. We didn’t have an extensive period of time. You had to learn a lot of Houdini’s tricks. For somebody to excel on that level, to come from such humble roots, is beyond awe-inspiring. He was a Jewish, Eastern European immigrant, so he overcame anti-Semitism. Also, he overcame much more than the constraints of chains.

He had the perfect alibi because he had access, he spoke foreign languages and he had a fan base abroad, as well. He ended up being a secret agent for the U.S. He has reinspired me to be even more disciplined with my work.ĭid you learn things about him that you didn’t know before? It’s pretty fascinating to portray someone who had such an influence on me at an early age before I even knew anything about acting. I used to dabble in magic as a boy and had dreams of becoming a magician.

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