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Adrien Brody clinched his second Oscar for best actor for his role as a visionary Hungarian architect in The Brutalist. Brody was at the Dolby Theatre in LA with his girlfriend Georgina Chapman. Before Brody took the stage, he was seen tossing his chewed gum to Chapman, who in turn attempted to catch it but seemingly failed.
While netizens celebrated Brody’s Oscar win, some debated his behavior with his ladylove on a stage as big as the Academy Awards. “Classy. ugh. ick she should have thrown it back at him,” wrote a social media user slamming Brody. Another one added, “Get a life moron (sic).”
Meanwhile, Brody took home best actor at the 97th Academy Awards for his powerful portrayal of Lázló Tóth, who escapes the Holocaust and sails to the United States to find his American Dream. The film spans 30 years in the life of Tóth, a fictional character whose unorthodox designs challenged societal norms, and his relentless pursuit of artistic integrity. The Brutalist is directed by Brady Corbet.
“It looks very glamorous and in certain moments it is,” Brody said during his acceptance speech from the Oscars stage. He’s the 11th man to win best actor more than once. Daniel Day-Lewis is a three-time winner and nine others — Spencer Tracy, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Cooper, Tom Hanks, Fredric March, Sean Penn and Anthony Hopkins — are two-time best actor winners.
Brody called out antisemitism and racism during his speech.
“I’m here once again to represent the lingering traumas and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression and of antisemitism and racism and othering,” he said.
