Adrien Brody Says Jack Nicholson Asked Him To Boycott The 2003 Oscars Over The U.S. Invasion Of Iraq
etcanada.comAdrien Brody is looking back on the 2003 Academy Awards. In a new interview with the Sunday Times, the actor recalled how his fellow Best Actor nominee Jack Nicholson asked him to boycott the ceremony in order to take a stand against the U.S.
invasion of Iraq. READ MORE: Georgina Chapman Is Dating Adrien Brody Following Her Divorce From Harvey Weinstein Brody said that Nicolson invited all that year’s Best Acting nominees to attend a get-together at his home, including Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Daniel Day-Lewis. “I said, ‘I don’t know about you guys, but I’m going,’” he rememebered. “I said, ‘I kind of have to show up.
My parents are coming. This doesn’t come around too often. I know you guys are all winners. You can sit it out. But I can’t.’” Brody went on to become the youngest person ever to win the Best Actor award, thanks to his performance in “The Pianist”.
However, the then 29-year-old was sure to mention the situation in Iraq in his acceptance speech. READ MORE: Adrien Brody Explains Why His ‘Succession’ Character Wears So Many Layers “I’m filled with a lot of sadness tonight because I’m accepting an award at such a strange time,” he said. “My experience of making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people at the times of war, and the repercussions of war.”
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