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Brody's take: Adam Brody dishes on career and his TV habits

By ALICIA RANCILIO filming "Ready or Not" with romantic guy. I want to be
Associated Press The Associated Press. The a dummy (laughter.)
NEW YORK (AP) — In comments have been ed- AP: Are there any TV shows
Adam Brody's new movie ited for clarity and length. that you two have to watch
"Ready or Not ," in theaters ___ together?
Wednesday, he's part of AP: "Ready or Not" is a fun- Brody: 'Real Time with Bill
an ultra-rich family with an ny horror movie. What was Maher.' We always watch
odd marriage ritual: When the mood on set? Bill Maher together. That's
someone marries into the Brody: We were all sitting in hard because it's topical
family, that person must a room between setups on and I lose interest if we get
pick a card to play a ran- our phones and talking and to another news cycle and
dom game on their wed- getting to know each other we haven't seen it yet. ... I
ding night. in the middle of the night love the show. I think it's one
Actor Adam Brody poses for a portrait on Monday, Aug. 12,
2019, in New York. The catch: The game may and all hours of the day, of the more honest conver-
Associated Press be deadly. so you get sort of punchy. sations. First of all, it's funny,
While it's a horror film, the I do think a lot of people it's entertaining, but also I
movie is also funny and Bro- who sort of specialize in think because of the air of
dy's character Daniel adds that dark stuff on screen humor and also you can
to that levity. are some of the lightest be off-color and can cuss,
"He's pretty disgusted with people. And then you go you get at a greater truth.
his family — including his on something you think is AP: What about any reality
wife. And himself. And the gonna be a fun comedy TV like 'The Bachelor'?
ritual. He does undercut and you're like, 'Why is this Brody: We did do a few
the stakes or the serious- guy so'" stressed? seasons of 'The Bachelor'
ness every chance he can AP: You appeared in the and liked it. We had our
get," Brody said. season finale of your wife fun with it. I get it on one
Brody, whose big break was Leighton Meester's come- hand, and on the other
on the Fox soapy drama dy series 'Single Parents' as hand, they bleach it of all
"The OC" from 2003 to 2007, her ex, and you're returning humanity which is weird.
has been steadily work- for season two. Did you like I'm not saying they find the
ing in recent years. Earlier the idea of playing a not- most interesting people but
this year, he appeared in so-nice guy on the show? they're going in a helicop-
"Shazam!" and will soon be- Brody: It's perfect. It's ex- ter to the top of a moun-
gin filming the first season actly what I'd want. I get tain, I'm sure something
of the FX anthology series to work with her. I get to was said that's funny, you
"Mrs. America" and the in- be the father of her child, know? Or some interesting
die film "Kid Detective." but I'm also an idiot. I just observation. Or something
Brody also talked about want to be a character. I about the backstory of
working with his wife and don't want to go in there somebody's life. They really
their TV habits and more on and be like a straight man, whittle it down. q

Jolie shares pride in son Maddox,

joining Marvel movie

back tears.
"I didn't realize everybody
had watched me do it,"
she said Saturday at the
D23 expo in Anaheim, Cali-
fornia. "It felt very private
when we were there and
just fun. But the school is
so wonderful and we're so
proud that he's there. And
it's a great university and
I'm just amazed I have a
son who's that smart."
Jolie is in two upcoming
Disney movies: a sequel to
"Maleficent" and Marvel
Angelina Jolie attends the "Go Behind the Scenes with the Walt Studios' "Eternals."
Disney Studios," press line at the 2019 D23 Expo, Saturday, Aug.
24, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. "They called me — but I
Associated Press was so happy. I think I just
didn't see myself that way. I
By RYAN PEARSON Korea. thought I was kind of ready
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An- The actress was seen in to direct and sit home," Jo-
gelina Jolie says she's "so video released several lie said of joining "Eternals."
proud" that her 18-year- days ago dropping her son "I was but now I'm now I'm
old son is leaving home to Maddox off at Yonsei Uni- going to be dressing in gold
study biochemistry in South versity in Seoul, and holding and jumping around."q