• Why Daniel Bruhl was hypnotized for Season 2 of ‘The Alienist’

    Why Daniel Bruhl was hypnotized for Season 2 of ‘The Alienist’

    Daniel Bruhl had some help in preparing for his return as psychiatrist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler in Season 2 of “The Alienist.” “Being married to a real ‘alienist’ made my whole relationship even better,” says Bruhl, 42, using the term for psychiatrists in the late 19th century. “I learned so much from my wife’s [Felicitas Rombold] …
  • Marcia Gay Harden schools the men in Nat Geo historical series ‘Barkskins’

    Marcia Gay Harden schools the men in Nat Geo historical series ‘Barkskins’

    Marcia Gay Harden had some interpretive freedom regarding Mathilde, the strong-willed innkeeper she plays in “Barkskins,” Nat Geo’s new historical drama set in 1690s New France. The Monday-night series, co-starring David Thewlis (“Big Mouth,” “Fargo”), is based on Annie Proulx’s 2016 novel and is set in Wobik, a small settlement in what’s now the Canadian …