We chat with Adrien Brody about Rian Johnson's directing style, playing a complicated villain, and how his PokerFace character compares to TheGodfather's Fredo:
Rian Johnson continues to explore the mystery genre with his new series, Poker Face. While his films Knives Out and Glass Onion took a page out of Agatha Christie's style of whodunit murder mystery, Poker Face is inspired by the classic detective series Columbo, with a new howcatchem mystery at the center of every episode. Poker Face follows Charlie Cale , who has an uncanny ability to know when people are lying to her, which gets her into trouble.
Adrien Brody: Well, what drew me to the character was Rian. Rian wrote a wonderful character and presented it to me. I don't know if you're aware, but we worked together many years ago on Brothers Bloom, and I consider him a friend. He's just a wonderful person and remarkable filmmaker and writer, and it was a pleasure.
Adrien Brody: I mean, there's a complexity. And a lot of it is within the writing, but there's a complexity that I felt I wanted to convey that kind of illustrates he's not a clear-cut baddy. He's got his own issues that he's contending with, and he's being raised with a powerful father running casinos in Reno, and his level of power that he possesses, but also some sense of living under his father's shadow.
And I think he feels like there's room for him to be a real player, but he doesn't quite have the goods, and he doesn't quite have that respect, even from his own father. And that's a big challenge. It's kind of a bit like Fredo in The Godfather. He doesn't quite know how to pull himself together, and he's really yearning to be somebody and do something great for the family, but kind of can't help but fucking up.
Even when the show starts off, it's so cinematic. Rian is a brilliant director, but talk to me about what Rian's directing style adds to Poker Face. I know he directed the first two episodes and wrote the first episode as well. Adrien Brody: Well, sure. I mean, he's heard this lore about this girl from his father, and it goes around town. He sees an opportunity for her to help him cash in on. Any gambler would see it in a second, the value and the ability to read a tell. And to give you odds in winning consistently. And if you win most of the time through playing well and having this trick up your sleeve, you're going to make a fortune.
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