But he also suggests the reason Houdini was so popular in his day, and remains a popular reference across all of American culture these many years later, was more fundamental. That all adds to the complexity of the character, says Brody. And yet at the same time he was insecure.' She becomes increasingly concerned about his obsession with his work,and tries to prevent him from doing anything too dangerous - which is, of course, exactly what he constantly aspires to do. She works in his act, joining his long-time assistant Jim Collins (Evan Jones) in setting the stage and figuratively rolling the drums for Houdini's entrance. It’s a crazy cool job.'Houdini' also spends considerable time on Houdini's relationship with his wife Bess (Kristen Connolly), whom he met when she was a showgirl and married days later. I only liked three things before that - skateboarding, reading and alcohol or something. And I took an acting class and I fell in love with it. Then I saw some actor on the cover of a magazine and said to a friend ‘hey I’ll do that’, as a joke.Īnd she said ‘you must’, and I said ‘OK, I’ll move to LA’. I was going to college and I was an English major who didn’t have the discipline to sit down and write. Since I did Houdini I’ve worked on something where I was underwater and the water was up my nose and I was like ‘aargh … that is horrible’.”

It was a little nerve-wracking to watch at first. The first time we put a stunt man upside down for a water torture trick the kid was like calling it quits and I’m like screaming ‘pull him up, pull him up’ and afterwards the head stunt guy said: ‘Just don’t scream’. We were shooting in Budapest, so a lot of the people around the set didn’t speak English, so there were times I really didn’t know what was going on. Evan Jones, Adrien Brody and Kristen Connolly star in Houdini.

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