United Kingdom, May 17 -- Adrien Brody has spent almost half a year living alone in a hotel room.

The Oscar-winning actor made his Broadway debut last month in The Fear of 13, which is based on the true story of Nick Yarris, who spent 22 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit, and in order to get into character he spent five months isolating himself away from his loved ones and minimising social interactions.

Adrien - who first starred in the show in London before it transferred to New York - told Interview magazine: "It is lonesome, of course.

"But I'm playing a man who has lived far deeper in that isolation. What I experience is only scratching the surface."

The 53-year-old star admitted the experience has been "solitary",...