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Executive producer Ron Howard told reporters at the TV show's
launch at the Tribeca Film Festival that he had always been
fascinated by Einstein.
"But I never realized how many twists and turns and, you know,
there were in his life, and how much drama there was," Howard
said on Thursday.
The 10-part series for the National Geographic channel shows
Einstein's personal struggles and "how complicated, sexy, you
know - kind of bohemian - a lot of his relationships were,"
Howard said.
Australian Geoffrey Rush plays the older Einstein, with
Britain's Emily Watson and American actress Gwendolyn Ellis
portraying older and younger versions of his second wife, Elsa.
"He wasn't just a scientist," Watson said of Einstein, who died
in 1955. "He was a philosopher, a humanist. He was an immigrant.
He was at the center of so many political events in the 20th
century, or close to the center of them, and had incredibly
complicated relationships in his life."
"Genius" is based on Walter Isaacson's 2007 biography of
Einstein and premieres on the National Geographic channel on
April 25.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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