Adrien Brody, an American actor, sat down for an interview with People where he opened up about the real-life influences in The Brutalist.
The Pianist star just won his first Golden Globe for his role as a World War II refugee in the film, claiming the top spot in the Best Actor category.
"It’s a remarkable thing to be an actor because you’re experiencing such a range of life experiences that you wouldn’t necessarily have to go through. The roles I’ve portrayed have given me tremendous understanding and empathy,” he explained.
Brody claimed that the life of his character is a reflection his mother's, photographer Sylvia Plachy, “My mother and my grandparents owned a very similar journey of fleeing war-torn Europe and coming to the U.S. in the ’50s.”
Continuing, “And the hardships and sacrifice and their own resilience and everything that they endured — in addition to my mother as an artist and her yearnings to leave behind a body of work of some great significance, they’re all things that are very personal to me. So I felt a deep responsibility to convey that authentically.”
Brody concluded that she is a "constant source of inspiration” and that, “She’s maintained this wonderful perspective of the world.”