Q: What did you learn in particular? A: What I didn't know as a young man and as a child about Houdini was that he had many failures along the way and disappointments. Mainly because I witnessed what this man endured on a smaller level, with the risk involved, his determination, the discomfort he must have experienced, the pressure of all his routines and his unrelenting drive to overcome these obstacles. Q: Did this role change how you look back at yourself as a child? A: It has more made me re-evaluate myself as a man.

It all stems from developing and creating this illusion, which I learned at a very young age. I see parallels and how it was a stepping stone to understanding how to make something your own, making a role your own, making a scenario and connecting with it. Acting followed this introduction to performance.

I started learning magic and dreaming of becoming a magician as early as 6 years old, and Houdini was a big inspiration. Q: What drew you to the Houdini story? A: I was infatuated with magic at a very young age.

The 41-year-old Oscar-winner for 2002's 'The Pianist' spoke to Reuters about how Houdini influenced his own acting career, the illusionist's deep rationalism during the early 20th century spiritualism movement and why a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant helped defined the modern American dream. cable network History, charts one of America's first international superstars in an existential drama about death, spirituality and the charlatans who prey on people's fears. By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adrien Brody, wrapped in chains and canvas straightjackets, dives deep into the stormy waters of illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini's personal life and public crusades in the television miniseries 'Houdini.' The two-part series, which debuts on Sept.

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