Adrien Brody Interview - The Brutalist: Why He Hates the Term "Acting"

In addition to his inspiring performances, Academy Award winner Adrien Brody was a match made in filmmaking heaven for co-writer and director Brady Corbet on his third feature film, The Brutalist. This three-and-a-half-hour epic has been garnering critical praise since its World Premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, and that's in no small part due to both Corbet's unyielding vision and the ensemble cast. The Brutalist is Corbet and partner and co-writer Mona Fastvold's tale of an immigrant's experience in America post World War II, a time of reconstruction. In the movie, Brody plays László Tóth, a successful Hungarian-Jewish architect who sets off for a new beginning and finds himself in collaboration with a wealthy businessman, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), who's commissioned his talents for a structure that will put Van Buren on the map. The movie also stars Felicity Jones as Erzsébet, Tóth's wife, who offers her support but is reckoning with the trauma of her past. Talking with Collider's Perri Nemiroff, Brody opens up about his preparation process before stepping on set and how he views it less as acting ("I hate the term "acting.") but rather "inhabits a character" wholly. He shares how László's story reflects his mother's (Hungarian-American photographer Sylvia Plachy) own "aspirations and journey", how his own experiences gave him unique insight into the role, and his admiration and trust for Corbet's "fearless and tenacious" approach to filmmaking. #adrienbrody #interview #a24 #actor #filmmaking For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit https://collider.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL   / collider     / collider     / collider