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Joe Alwyn Says Role In ‘The Brutalist’ Inspired By Trump Family: “I Can Do What I Want”


The English actor called his character Harry, a rich industrialist's son "a wrong 'un but interesting."

Joe Alwyn plays industrialist's son Harry in 'The Brutalist'Universal Pictures In The Brutalist, enjoying lots of appreciative chat as Awards Season prepares to kick off with the Golden Globes, Joe Alwyn plays Harry, a rich industrialist’s son, with a performance he says was inspired by president-elect Donald Trump and his offspring. The Brutalist is up for seven Golden Globe Awards Sunday evening, including a Best Actor nod for previous Oscar winner Adrien Brody(who collected a gong at this weekend’s Palm Springs International Festival), Best Actress nomination for Felicity Jones, Best Supporting Actor for Guy Pearce and Best Director nod for Brady Corbet The film, made for under $10million, comes in at three and a half hours in length, telling the story of the American dream through the eyes of Brody’s László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to America.

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