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Adrien Brody: Roles
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Adrien Brody recently said in an interview that he was up for the role of Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie, but ultimately he was passed up for Zachary Quinto (who plays Sylar on "Heroes").
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On January 5, 2006, Brody confirmed speculation that he indeed was interested and very willing to play the role of The Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight. However, Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. eventually decided to cast Heath Ledger as The Joker.[5] He was ... in talks with Paramount to play Spock in J.J. Abrams Star Trek XI, but it ultimately went to Zachary Quinto.[6][7] Brody has been confirmed to star as a con man in Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom, which is slated for a 2008 release date.[8] Brody will also start at the new film Splice, a science fiction film directed by Vincenzo Natali and is slated for a 2009 realease.
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The only surprising thing about Adrien Brody's rise to stardom was that it didn't happen sooner, as the New Yorker has been compared with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Most Hollywood insiders thought his role in Terrence Malick's 1998 war epic The Thin Red Line would catapult him onto the film industry's top rung, but fate had other plans.
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In a stellar cast that included Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, and William Hurt, Brody was a standout as the mute Noah Percy. "It was so not what I was looking for," he said of the role, "that it seemed so right." Brody found the experience enjoyable because he had the "luxury to have the sense of humor that I normally have and that I like to have."
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