In 'The Brutalist,' the fictional Tóth pioneered Brutalism in Philadelphia. In real life, it was architects like William Lescaze, George Howe, Louis Kahn, Oscar Stonorov, and others.
Felicity Jones has spoken up about her role in the critically acclaimed Brady Corbet epic The Brutalist. The 41-year-old actress plays the wheelchair-bound Erzsebet Toth in the film, the wife of maverick Hungarian-Jewish architect Laszlo Toth (played by Adrian Brody).
As Bob Dylan and Laszlo Tóth, Timothée Chalamet and Adrien Brody depict different, but related trajectories for Jewish artists.
Adrien Brody captivates as a post-war immigrant who comes to America to chase his version of the American Dream.
"The Brutalist" is a nearly four-hour historical drama starring Adrien Brody as celebrated architect László Tóth. Here's what's real in the new movie.
Felicity Jones, 41, is an actor and producer who made her professional debut aged 12 in the 1996 TV drama The Treasure Seekers. Since then, she’s played Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything — which earned her Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations — as well US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex.
An editor on the film, which stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, confirmed AI had been used to make the actors' Hungarian dialogue sound more authentic.
Tech from Ukrainian AI specialist Respeecher was used to tweak Hungarian pronunciation, Dávid Jancsó told Red Shark News. "It is controversial in the industry to talk about AI, but it shouldn’t be."
Here, we follow Tóth, a Hungarian Jewish architect who, after surviving the Holocaust, immigrates to the U.S. to chase after the American Dream. Already a great actor, Brody presents us with a career highlight, one of his best performances to date.
The Brutalist, the awards contender starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, has received backlash for its use of AI. The epic period-drama follows architect László Tóth as he emigrates to the United States with wife Erzsébet (Jones) in search of the American Dream, with their lives changing after meeting a wealthy client (Guy Pearce).
Adrien Brody and "The Brutalist" filmmakers are receiving backlash online for enhancing the actor's accent and the movie's architecture with AI.