Adrien Brody set a new record for the longest acceptance speech at the Oscars, lasting an impressive 5 minutes and 40 seconds when he won the best actor award for his performance in “The Brutalist.”
Although he pledged to keep it “brief” several times throughout his lengthy speech on Sunday, Brody broke an 80-year-old record previously held by British actress Greer Garson. Greer Garson, who won the best actress for Mrs Miniver back in the year 1943, had held the record so far, with a five minutes and 30 seconds speech, according to the Guinness World Records website, which is now bagged by Brody who increased his speech time by an additional 10 seconds.
The Academy introduced time limits and the practice of “playing off” winners with music following Garson’s speech. But Brody on Sunday ordered the orchestra to stop. Brody, who has also won the best actor award in 2003 for The Pianist, exclaimed, “Please, turn the music off. I’ve done this before. It’s not my first rodeo, but I will be brief. I will not be egregious, I promise,”
As Brody walked on stage at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday (local time) to accept his trophy, he made an entrance by spitting out his chewing gum into his hand and throwing it to his partner, Georgina Chapman. With his second Oscar win, Brody joins the A-list group of actors who have won the Best Actor award twice, including Spencer Tracy, Jack Nicholson, and Tom Hanks.
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