The underwater work was particularly challenging, Brody says, because it required emotion. Adrien Brody Is Houdini In History Channel Miniseries TV Trailer. He was a man devoted to his mother, haunted by the failures and death of his father and obsessed with flirting with death. The Houdini role itself was a physical one, involving hanging upside down immersed in water. Adrien Brody might have already won an Oscar at 29 for his work in The Pianist, but for the actor, playing the legendary magician Harry Houdini for Historys latest miniseries was a real bucket. Today in show business news: History is doing a miniseries about Houdini with TV actor Adrien Brody, Julie Taymor gets her Spider-Man money, and fans of Zack Morris can rejoice. The mini-series follows famed American escape artist Harry Houdini on his rise from circus sideshow and small-time vaudevillian magician to world-renowned escape artist.īut Houdini's life wasn't as simple as a rise to fame in step with the increasing danger of his routines. Houdini has same the dark, period feel as Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law. The first half of the mini-series aired on Tuesday night and Brody was all I needed for motivation to tune in.Īs well as his serious acting chops, Brody still possesses the dark on-screen magnetism that made him a standout in 2002's The Pianist. In the acclaimed two-part drama Houdini, Brody plays master illusionist Harry Houdini. Adrien Brody stars as the legendary escape artist Harry Houdini in a two-night miniseries that looks great, but can't overcome a narrative voiceover clogged with tough-guy cliches. TELEVISION'S drama renaissance has lured yet another film star over to the small screen.Īdrien Brody is the latest Hollywood leading man to helm a TV mini-series.
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