Adrien Brody just added a second Academy Award to his trophy cabinet. On Sunday, the 51-year-old actor won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. But while he’s been praised for his role in the film, fans on social media focused on something else at last night’s event.
As he walked towards the stage to accept his award, Brody spat out his gum—and did something fans have branded “disgusting.”
Adrien Brody has had a remarkable career. Even so, the 51-year-old actor’s status isn’t quite that of a Hollywood superstar. In 2003, he became the youngest person to win the Oscar for Best Actor when, at age 29, he received one for his performance in The Pianist. Timothy Chalamet would later break the record.
Many might argue that receiving an Academy Award is guaranteed to cement one’s spot as an A-list Hollywood superstar. However, Brody didn’t quite acheive that level of fame and popularity. He appeared in Peter Jackson’s 2005 movie King Kong, among other credits, and the actor has appeared in several Wes A
