"That was partially from my experience on this, and a reminder that I really need to keep pushing harder and not just wait for something to happen."Īfter all, Houdini was never one to let others dictate how to live his life. "Even though as an actor I push myself outside my comfort zone often, I want to go further creatively and really be more hands-on from the inception of the project," Brody says, sipping a Coke as he sits in a leather chair that's nestled in the corner of the modest Houdini Museum of New York, with Houdini's wooden escape coffin towering behind him. The TV movie is not only his chance to reintroduce himself to a much wider audience, it also has inspired him to take a firmer grip on the reins of his career - starting his own production company, Fable House, earlier this year, which did not produce Houdini, but will develop projects for the actor to direct, produce or star in. Since winning the best-actor Academy Award in 2003 for The Pianist at age 29, Brody has flirted with blockbusters ( King Kong, Predators) and shined in close friend Wes Anderson's movies ( The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel), but has flown under the radar in the past few years, appearing in smaller features that haven't gained traction with critics or audiences.īut his career is getting a second wind as he tackles the title role of Houdini, History's two-part miniseries chronicling the life of the legendary escape artist (Sept. Unless, of course, he's escaping one as master illusionist Harry Houdini. NEW YORK - As an actor, Adrien Brody has never allowed himself to be put in a box.
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