Actor Edward Norton

Actor Edward Norton

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Norton wrote, directed and stars in the film noir ‘Motherless Brooklyn,’ about a private investigator with Tourette’s syndrome who discovers corruption in the world of New York City planning. Urban planning is a subject Norton is passionate about. His grandfather was the idealistic developer and planner James Rouse, who designed Faneuil Hall in Boston, and the Baltimore Inner Harbor. Norton talks about his film and his grandfather’s legacy with Terry Gross.