Tanya Mosley

Today's senior producer is Teresa Madden. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Roberta Shorrock, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Lauren Krenzel, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Anna Bauman, and Joel Wolfram. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. Susan Nakundi directed today's show. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Today's senior producer is Teresa Madden. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Roberta Shorrock, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Lauren Krenzel, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Anna Bauman, and Joel Wolfram. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. Susan Nakundi directed today's show. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

I want to play a clip so folks can hear a little bit from the movie, but first I want to just set up. Your character, Laszlo, arrives in the U.S. in 47, and he goes to stay with his cousin in Philly, who's been in the U.S. for decades. a couple of years now, and he owns a furniture shop named Miller and Sons. And I'm saying that because that is not your cousin's name.

I want to play a clip so folks can hear a little bit from the movie, but first I want to just set up. Your character, Laszlo, arrives in the U.S. in 47, and he goes to stay with his cousin in Philly, who's been in the U.S. for decades. a couple of years now, and he owns a furniture shop named Miller and Sons. And I'm saying that because that is not your cousin's name.

I want to play a clip so folks can hear a little bit from the movie, but first I want to just set up. Your character, Laszlo, arrives in the U.S. in 47, and he goes to stay with his cousin in Philly, who's been in the U.S. for decades. a couple of years now, and he owns a furniture shop named Miller and Sons. And I'm saying that because that is not your cousin's name.

He does not have sons, but he notes that Americans love a simple name and they also love a family business. So your character works for his cousin designing furniture for the store. And then one day, the son of a wealthy businessman asks you to redesign his father's library as a surprise. And when the father, Harrison Lee Van Buren, who's played by Guy Pearce...

He does not have sons, but he notes that Americans love a simple name and they also love a family business. So your character works for his cousin designing furniture for the store. And then one day, the son of a wealthy businessman asks you to redesign his father's library as a surprise. And when the father, Harrison Lee Van Buren, who's played by Guy Pearce...

He does not have sons, but he notes that Americans love a simple name and they also love a family business. So your character works for his cousin designing furniture for the store. And then one day, the son of a wealthy businessman asks you to redesign his father's library as a surprise. And when the father, Harrison Lee Van Buren, who's played by Guy Pearce...

Returns home and sees this library. He's furious. He refuses to pay. This sends your character into a spiral until a little while later, Lee Van Buren searches and finds your character shoveling coal. He apologizes. He asks him to be a part of this new project to create a community center in honor of his deceased mother.

Returns home and sees this library. He's furious. He refuses to pay. This sends your character into a spiral until a little while later, Lee Van Buren searches and finds your character shoveling coal. He apologizes. He asks him to be a part of this new project to create a community center in honor of his deceased mother.

Returns home and sees this library. He's furious. He refuses to pay. This sends your character into a spiral until a little while later, Lee Van Buren searches and finds your character shoveling coal. He apologizes. He asks him to be a part of this new project to create a community center in honor of his deceased mother.

And in this scene I'm about to play, Van Buren asks your character why he chose architecture as a profession when he lived in Hungary. Van Buren, played by Piers Speaks First.

And in this scene I'm about to play, Van Buren asks your character why he chose architecture as a profession when he lived in Hungary. Van Buren, played by Piers Speaks First.

And in this scene I'm about to play, Van Buren asks your character why he chose architecture as a profession when he lived in Hungary. Van Buren, played by Piers Speaks First.

That's my guest today, Adrian Brody, in the new film, The Brutalist. He's in that scene with Guy Pearce. And you're known, you're pretty well known for going the extra mile to embody your characters, in particular with The Pianist. You did all sorts of stuff. You gave up your apartment. You put your stuff in storage. You moved to Europe. You learned to play the piano.

That's my guest today, Adrian Brody, in the new film, The Brutalist. He's in that scene with Guy Pearce. And you're known, you're pretty well known for going the extra mile to embody your characters, in particular with The Pianist. You did all sorts of stuff. You gave up your apartment. You put your stuff in storage. You moved to Europe. You learned to play the piano.

That's my guest today, Adrian Brody, in the new film, The Brutalist. He's in that scene with Guy Pearce. And you're known, you're pretty well known for going the extra mile to embody your characters, in particular with The Pianist. You did all sorts of stuff. You gave up your apartment. You put your stuff in storage. You moved to Europe. You learned to play the piano.

I think all the headlines talked about how you starved yourself. I think you lost like 30 pounds. And you do this with a lot of your films. For the movie Dummy, you literally slept with the dummy to play a ventriloquist.

I think all the headlines talked about how you starved yourself. I think you lost like 30 pounds. And you do this with a lot of your films. For the movie Dummy, you literally slept with the dummy to play a ventriloquist.

I think all the headlines talked about how you starved yourself. I think you lost like 30 pounds. And you do this with a lot of your films. For the movie Dummy, you literally slept with the dummy to play a ventriloquist.