De Niro explores Madoff fraud

Robert De Niro may play the role of Bernie Madoff, the man behind the biggest stock-market fraud in history in HBO's The Wizard of Lies, but that doesn't mean he understands him.

"What he did is beyond my comprehension," says the Oscar-winning actor, who has played his share of criminals.

The HBO TV film, which will be broadcast in May, features Michelle Pfeiffer as Madoff's wife, Ruth, and is helmed by Barry Levinson, the Oscar-winning director behind Rain Man, Bugsy and Good Morning, Vietnam.