After Being Called 'Pretentious,' Adrien Brody Reacted To His Divisive Oscar Acceptance Speech Making History As The Longest Of All Time
In 2003, Adrien became the youngest-ever Best Actor winner for his role in The Pianist. And on Sunday, he was named Best Actor for a second time in his career for The Brutalist — this time, making history with the extreme length of his acceptance speech.
If you've not had the time to sit down and watch it, here's a quick summary: After his name was called out, Adrien made his way onto the stage and spent the first minute or two talking about how his perspective has changed over his career and how being an actor isn't always the glamorous lifestyle people think it is. All very valid points and very moving stuff.
Then, at about the two-minute mark, he moved on to honoring his fellow nominees while promising to be 'as brief as possible' with the rest of what he had to say. As he continued to thank his team, various other industry folks, his director, his costars, his girlfriend, and her kids, the producers seemingly took the hint that the speech would be winding down soon and began to play him off — only for Adrien to shut them down and assure them that he was just 'wrapping up'... (Spoiler alert: he wasn't).
'I'm wrapping up, please, please. I'm wrapping up; I will wrap up. Please turn the music off. I've done this before — thank you. It's not my first rodeo,' he said, making reference to his first win 22 years ago.
This was four minutes in, and once the orchestra had stopped playing, Adrien continued for over a minute longer, thanking his parents and praying for a 'happier, healthier, and more inclusive world.' And it was only when the play-off music started up for a second time that he finally wrapped up and left the stage with his trophy.
After all was said and done (literally), Adrien's speech came to 5 minutes and 40 seconds long, which has since been confirmed as the longest Oscar acceptance speech in the award show's 97-year history. For some important context, winners are typically expected to limit their speeches to about 45 seconds… so, yeah, you could say he certainly took some liberties.
Away from all the jokes, a lot of people have been incredibly critical of Adrien's long speech on social media, with some saying that it came off as 'pretentious' and 'pompous,' particularly when he continued to talk after being played off. Notably, one of the main criticisms of Adrien's speech was that other winners on the night were not afforded nearly so much time — and some were even cut off before they could say anything at all.
Now, amid all the discourse, Adrien has finally addressed the length of his speech in a video shared to his Instagram page. Expressing gratitude for his win while seemingly on a post-Oscars walk in the sun, he began: 'I got no sleep last night. I'm gonna keep this video short because I know I made the longest Oscar speech in history. So, I'm gonna keep it short.' Laughing it off, he continued: 'You know I'm grateful, keep smiling. And I hope this proves that dreams can come true, and I hope that your dreams come true as well. God bless you.'
@adrienbrody / Instagram / Via instagram.com
If there's one thing I've learned from this, it's that Adrien loves to film himself chatting while taking a stroll around the neighborhood. I had no idea how active he was on Instagram. At the end of the day, he's just a yapper like the rest of us.
If you've got time, you can watch Adrien's full Oscar acceptance speech here.
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