Latest News for Death Defying Acts

Actor Guy Pearce was tying himself in emotional notes about the prospect of playing the famous escapologist Houdini.

The Birmingham Post has posted an interview with 'Death Defying Acts' star Guy Pearce. The actor, who plays famed magician Harry Houdini, says he needed a lot of preperation  for the character. It wasn't all mental, since Houdini was a very strong and muscular man.

Gazette Live has posted an interview with 'Death Death Defying Acts' star Guy Pearce. The actor keeps a low profile in real life, living with his childhood sweetheart in Melbourne, a sharp contrast to the character he plays, Harry Houdini.

“...Houdini was, when all is said and done, an illusionist and a magician but he did also possess some uncanny natural attributes, including an ability to breath for long periods under water. And the free divers helped me go some way to replicating that skill...”

Guy Pearce used to be angst-ridden - until he found peace in a water tank while playing Houdini

The Times online has posted an interview with 'Death Defying Acts' star Guy Pearce. Even though the film is a game of cat and mouse between Peace's Houdini and Catherine Zeta-Jones' Mary McGarvie, the Australian actor had to train for weeks with free-diving record holders. He had to be completely submerged under water for a scene, which he found to be calming, while the producers ran around stressed out.

THE 25 feature films in contention for this year's Australian Film Institute Awards are announced today and you have the opportunity to be a judge.

Adelaine Now has posted an article on the Australian Film Institute Awards. They talk about how difficult it has become for Australian films to find a proper release.

"...This, he says, makes the AFI screenings even more important, as they give the public the opportunity to see films on the big screen that haven't screened in..."