![]() ![]() “What he overcame, being an impoverished Jew in the time of greater anti-Semitism and Eastern European coming to the United States to become the most revered, iconic American performer and what he represented for America is the epitome of American success story,” said Brody.Whether or not you enjoy "Houdini" - the four-hour, two-night miniseries starring Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as the legendary escape artist - may depend on your tolerance for a voiceover narrative clogged with lines like, "The only thing more devastating than a punch to the gut is an arrow through the heart." The History channel two-parter seems intended to tell the true-life story of the world-famous illusionist as a sort of psychodrama. Shortly afterward he married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner - known on stage as his assistant Bess - played by House of Cards actress Kristen Connolly in the miniseries. Growing up in poverty, Houdini took odd jobs like shoe-shining as a child to help support the family and at 17 began his career as a magician. His family moved to Appleton, Wis., from Budapest, Hungary, when he was a toddler, his father securing work as a rabbi. “He had the most relentless personality and he overcame tremendous failure as well and hardship,” the 41-year-old actor said from Los Angeles.īorn Ehrich Weiss in 1874, he took the name Harry Houdini as a tribute to the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. Man who sued Gwyneth Paltrow over ski crash regrets ever filing lawsuit.Randy Bachman offers look at more than 80 of his guitars in Studio Bell exhibit. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hugh Jackman reveals new cancer scare, urges people to stop tanning.‘American Idol’ contestant quits show weeks after Katy Perry ‘mom-shaming’ comment. ![]()
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