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April 24 - 30, 2017 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Bob Barker's successor (2) 8. "Has Anybody __ My Gal?" 9. Bart"'ok or Lugosi 10. Actor on "Man with a Plan" (2) 14. Rue, for one 15. Mom on "Little People, Big World" 16. Fight result, for short 17. "Star __" 18. Suffix for long or strong 19. To be in France 20. "__ and Seek"; 2005 Robert De Niro movie 24. Spencer Tracy's year of birth 27. Senses of self-esteem 28. Historical period 29. Above, to a poet 32. Blyth and Curry 33. Role on "Timeless" (2) 36. "The Man Who __ Liberty Valance"; John Wayne film 37. Actor Calhoun 38. "American __" DOWN 1. More precious 2. Second filming of a scene 3. Suffix for differ or absorb 4. Pauley Perrette's "NCIS" role 5. Cath. or Episc. 6. Gladden 7. Pulls hard on 8. "Get __" (1965-70) 11. "__ Femme Nikita" 12. Role in "The Wizard of Oz" 13. Rollaway bed 14. Sault __. Marie 20. "In the __ __ the Night" 21. Pay no attention to 22. "__ and Marie" (1975- 79) 23. Curvy letter 24. Alice's boss 25. Smash 26. Manly 29. __ for; selects 30. Series for Laura Cer"'on, once 31. Prefix for play or view 34. "Mad About __" 35. __ Lanka Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it No one is likely to quib- ble with "Genius" being the title of a drama series about Albert Einstein. Based on Walter Isaa- cson's book "Einstein: His Life and Universe," the program — with executive producers including Oscar winners Ron Howard, who makes his scripted-televi- sion directorial debut with the first episode, and Brian Grazer — premieres Tues- day, April 25, as National Geographic's first-ever scripted show. Fellow Academy Award recipient Geoffrey Rush ("Shine") and Johnny Flynn ("Song One") share the role of Ein- stein at different ages, with the teleplay first focusing on the physics student's teen years. The start of World War I and, as one might expect, Einstein's theory of rela- tivity are destined to have major impacts on his life ... as are his complex person- al ties, including his mar- riage to his cousin, as well as his second wife, Elsa (played by Emily Watson, who worked with Flynn in his first movie, "Crusade in Jeans"). When he re- locates from Europe to America, Einstein gains an enemy in FBI chief J. Ed- gar Hoover ("Grey's Anat- omy" alum T.R. Knight) during the era when Adolf Hitler becomes an interna- tional concern, including to Einstein. "We (conferred) on Skype," Rush reports of matching his performance to Flynn's, "because I was in Melbourne, in prepara- tion, and he was working in London. Then I went to London and we hung out together, and we did a lot of chatting about being doppelgangers. He plays 16 quite convincingly, up until about the mid 30s ... then I rather dangerously take over, from the early 40s until Einstein was in his mid-70s." "We had the same dia- lect coach who was work- ing with us," Flynn adds, "and that, I think, was a huge help because Geof- frey had worked with her before. She was a medium for us to communicate and get a sense of this person physically and vocally, and kind of combine our ideas." Howard deems National Geographic — which is de- buting the filmed-in-Prague "Genius" globally in 171 countries — "the perfect home and platform for it, and it suggested some things that I thought were very important and set the bar very high. National Geographic stands for integrity and authenticity. It tells us stories in a com- prehensive way, and yet is riveting and very, very en- grossing. And, last but not least, it's always visually compelling and fascinating and immersive. These are all important goals to try to set, for not just the first hour, but in the series." Johnny Flynn plays the younger Albert Einstein in "Ge- nius," premiering Tuesday on National Geographic. National Geographic's first scripted series takes a 'Genius,' namely Albert Einstein

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