I think people will get a real kick out of that." "The concept of the government having the insight to take a performer who has proficiency for foreign language and access to czars and rulers of other nations in an intimate way is pretty interesting stuff. "I feel like I was given a remarkable opportunity to delve very deeply into the man's life and the element of him working as a government agent in some capacity is very intriguing," Brody says. But Brody takes no issue with History taking creative license. Meyer's psychoanalytical theories of Houdini and presents his possible work as an American spy as pure fact. Based on the controversial biography Houdini: A Mind in Chains (not so coincidentally penned by the Houdini screenwriter's father), the series draws heavily on Bernard C. Though getting to become Houdini is Brody's childhood dream come true, the two-night event is not necessarily an accurate portrayal of the magician's life.
I've visited his grave, it's in my neighborhood. "My mother's a photographer and she's photographed Penn and Teller at Houdini's grave. "I spent a lifetime poring over magic books and loving magicians," Brody says. His love of magic soon transformed into a love of acting, solidifying Houdini as one of "the greatest influences" in Brody's life and making Houdinia personal project for the star. "I think what magic represents is this ability to kind of defy the laws of nature." "What he represented to me then was a real bravery and a fearlessness," Brody says. Much like the magician he idolized, Brody grew up in New York City the child of a Hungarian-Jewish mother and took up magic at an early age, performing at children's birthday parties as The Amazing Adrien. "He was a very heroic person to me as a boy," Brody tells. 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 History's latest miniseries was a real bucket list moment.
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