Adrien Brody emerged victorious on the 97th Academy Awards, taking house the Greatest Actor award for his position in The Brutalist. Nonetheless, his “gum-throwing” incident has caught everybody’s consideration greater than his win.
Brody was chewing gum when his identify was referred to as, so he took it out of his mouth whereas strolling as much as the stage and threw it to his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman. Very quickly, this explicit second turned viral, garnering totally different reactions.
As per Selection, Brody and Chapman joined “Stay With Kelly and Mark” backstage on the Oscars minutes after his huge win, the place Brody mentioned his gum-throwing second.
He admitted, “I may’ve swallowed it, however I did not take into consideration that. I needed to do away with it in some way.”
Chapman admitted that she truly did not catch Brody’s gum. Kelly Ripa performed the viral clip again and zoomed in on Chapman, who fumbled the catch as Brody’s gum landed on the Oscars carpet in entrance of the stage.
Brody received the Greatest Actor award on the Academy Awards, defeating sturdy competitors from different nominees together with Timothee Chalamet, Colman Domingo, Ralph Fiennes, and Sebastian Stan.
He additionally stole the present together with his acceptance speech. Because the Academy started to play music to sign the top of his time, Brody politely instructed them to “flip the music off.”
“I am wrapping up, please flip the music off,” Brody mentioned, including, “I’ve accomplished this earlier than. Thanks. It isn’t my first rodeo, however I will likely be transient.”
Together with his second Oscar win, Brody joined the A-list group of actors who’ve received the Greatest Actor award twice, together with Spencer Tracy, Jack Nicholson, and Tom Hanks.
He added the primary Oscar to his kitty in 2003. Again then, he received the well-known golden trophy for his portrayal of Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski’s conflict drama The Pianist.
