LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrien Brody clinched his second Oscar for greatest actor, profitable Sunday for his position as a visionary Hungarian architect in “ The Brutalist ” and solidifying his legacy as one in every of Hollywood’s most compelling skills.
Brody took house greatest actor on the 97th Academy Awards for his highly effective portrayal of Lázló Tóth, who escapes the Holocaust and sails to the US to seek out his American Dream. The movie spans 30 years within the lifetime of Tóth, a fictional character whose unorthodox designs challenged societal norms, and his relentless pursuit of inventive integrity.
“It looks very glamorous and in certain moments it is,” Brody mentioned throughout his acceptance speech. He’s the eleventh man to win greatest actor greater than as soon as. Daniel Day-Lewis is a three-time winner and 9 others — Spencer Tracy, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Cooper, Tom Hanks, Fredric March, Sean Penn and Anthony Hopkins — are two-time greatest actor winners.
“But the one thing that I’ve gained, having the privilege to come back here, is to have some perspective,” he continued. “No matter where you are in your career, no matter what you’ve accomplished, it can all go away. And I think what makes this night so special is the awareness of that.”
Brody known as out antisemitism and racism throughout 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. “I pray for a healthier and a happier and a more inclusive world. And I believe if the past can teach us anything, it’s a reminder to not let hate go unchecked.”
Brody thanked his associate, Georgina Chapman, who not solely “reinvigorated my own self worth, but my sense of value and my values.” He additionally talked about each of Chapman’s two kids, who she shares with disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, who’s at the moment detained whereas awaiting a retrial on intercourse crimes expenses in New York.
“I know this has been a roller coaster, but thank you for accepting me into your life,” Brody mentioned. “Popsies coming home a winner.”
Backstage, Brody known as the journey towards his win Sunday evening a “long and beautiful one.”
“It’s been an artistic path as you try to navigate creative choices,” he mentioned. “There are many variables. There’s an enormous amount of talented individuals all vying for very few great opportunities. I’ve been working very hard for the past 22 years, but nothing quite connected on this level, so I’m conscious of that.”
Brody triumphed over fellow nominees Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown,” Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing,” Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave,” and Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice.”
Nominated for 10 Oscars together with greatest image, “The Brutalist” is Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half-hour postwar American epic filmed in VistaVision. Brody starred within the movie alongside Felicity Jones and Man Pearce.
After profitable greatest actor on the 78th British Academy Movie Awards in February, Brody mentioned “The Brutalist” carries a robust message for divided occasions.
“It speaks to the need for all of us to share in the responsibility of how we want others to be treated and how we want to be treated by others,” he mentioned. “There’s no place any more for antisemitism. There’s no place for racism.”
Brody received an Academy Award for greatest actor in 2003 for his position in “The Pianist.” His hole of twenty-two years can be the second longest between greatest actor wins. It was 29 years between wins for “Silence of the Lambs” and “The Father” for Anthony Hopkins.
Brody can also be recognized for his performances “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Darjeeling Limited” and “Midnight in Paris.”
For Brody, his position in “The Brutalist” had apparent echoes with arguably his most defining efficiency. In Roman Polanski’s 2002 “The Pianist,” Brody additionally performed a Jewish artist attempting to outlive throughout WWII.
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