ADAM RESURRECTED

Later, Schrader added more fodder to Goldblum’s character development by creating a graph
of Adam’s different personalities and evolution throughout the film, which further helped Goldblum to
balance the challenging role. Still, Goldblum says, for all his research, for all his soul-searching and
soul-baring, a part of Adam Stein will always remain a mystery.
“Adam is part worm, part poet, part puzzlement,” Goldblum says. “The whole thing was a
once-in-a-lifetime experience. I spent months suffering and crying and crawling around on all fours. I
did all that I could do honor this story and I feel real gratitude for having the opportunity to do so.”
Screenwriter Noah Stollman was especially moved by Goldman’s performance. He says:
“Adam is a man in ruins, but out of that ruin comes a certain life and humanity, from his suffering has
emerged a magic and a madness that is poignant and also disconcerting – and Jeff brings all that
across in a beautiful way.”
SEEKING ADAM:
THE SUPPORTING CAST
Surrounding Adam Stein in ADAM RESURRECTED is a diverse cast of characters from both
his past and present who illuminate and, in some cases, unravel the madness that afflicts him.
Bleiberg and Schrader assembled an internationally renowned ensemble including Willem Dafoe,
Derek Jacobi and Ayelet Zurer.
Goldblum says: “It was thrilling to have so many great artists and wonderful people together
on this project. Really, it was a dream experience.”
The man who tears apart Adam Stein’s psyche is Commandant Klein, the German soldier
who takes Adam quite literally as his pet, forcing Adam to live as a dog and perform tricks even as
members of his family are killed.
To play Klein – a complex character who was contemplating suicide the night he first met
Adam in a ribald cabaret show – Schrader cast his longtime associate Willem Dafoe. The two have
worked together often, including most recently in THE WALKER, AUTO FOCUS and AFFLICTION. A
two-time Academy Award® nominee for PLATOON and SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE, Dafoe also
collaborated with Goldblum in Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC.
“Willem is a wonderful artist, an equally wonderful person and a show business pillar. It was
delicious to work so closely with him,” Goldblum says.
Also joining the cast is the acclaimed British classical actor Derek Jacobi, whose film roles in
recent years include GLADIATOR, GOSFORD PARK and LITTLE DORRIT. Here, Jacobi takes on
the role of Dr. Nathan Gross, who is continually outwitted by his brilliant patient, Adam Stein, yet
persists in believing the troubled man can be cured.
Noah Stollman says of Jacobi: “He is a brilliant actor and he brought something very Kaniuk-
esque to the role, because he really got the humor of this man trying against all odds to let the
humanity of these patients come to the surface by pitting them against each other and just letting
them interact.”
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