Fan CastingThe Alienist

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Story added by user_59355 on March 15, 2022

The best-selling book by Caleb Carr is the basis for "The Alienist," a psychological thriller set amidst the vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation of 1896 New York. A never-before-seen ritualistic killer is responsible for the gruesome murders of boy prostitutes, and newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls upon criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and police department secretary Sara Howard to conduct the investigation in secret. The brilliant, obsessive Kreizler is known as an alienist -- one who studies mental pathologies and the deviant behaviors of those wh...read more

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Fan Casting Laszlo Kreizler

Role added by user_59355 on March 15, 2022

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Description of Laszlo Kreizler:

A brilliant psychologist whose expertise is sought after but whose progressive techniques are feared, Lazlo dresses all in black and never wears a hat so his long, dark hair, is often slicked back with rain. A tall man of means in his late 20's-30's with coal black eyes & a fierce, not unkind gaze, Lazlo does most things intensely, though he's weak in his right arm from a childhood injury, and his frustrations & worries are made clear in the urgency of his calculations, desires and physical tics. He bobs his head when reading and shifts rapidly from foot to foot when standing. He's described as "hungry, restless hawk determined to wring satisfaction from the worrisome world around him."