History repeated itself on the 2025 Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Hollywood actors Halle Berry and Adrien Brody recreated their iconic on-stage kiss from 2003 on the red carpet.
Brody was speaking to journalists on the red carpet as he was accosted by Berry who embraced him and the duo proceeded to kiss on the red carpet. The Academy’s official social media shared the second and known as it, “A reunion 22 years in the making.”
The two actors kissed on the Oscars stage on the similar venue again in 2003. Interestingly, Brody went on to win an Oscar for Roman Polanski’s The Pianist again in 2003 and the actor additionally gained his second-ever Oscar on the 97th Academy Awards immediately for his efficiency as a Holocaust survivor in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.
Back in 2003, Berry introduced Brody with the perfect actor statuette and when Brody took to the stage to just accept the award, he embraced Berry, kissing her and stated “I bet they didn’t tell you that was in the gift bag.”
Berry additionally lately congratulated Brody on his Golden Globe win for The Brutalist by way of social media. “Congratulations my friend,” Berry commented on Brody’s Instagram submit. “You are truly one of one!”
In the current award ceremony, whereas receiving the award, Brody confirmed gratitude and appeared emotional, stating that he wished for a “more inclusive world.”
Brody began his speech on the Oscars speaking in regards to the fragility of a profession within the performing enterprise. “Acting is a fragile profession. It looks very glamorous, and in certain moments it is, but the one thing that I have gained, having the privilege to come back here, is to have some perspective. And… no matter where you are in your career, no matter what you have accomplished, it can all go away. And I think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that and the gratitude I have to still do the work that I love.”
The star known as his win an opportunity to start once more, “and to have the opportunity to hopefully be fortune enough for the next 20 years of my life that I can prove that I am worthy of such important, relevant roles. I share this with my fellow nominees who are just wonderful human beings who exude gracce, goodness and brilliance.”
Published – March 03, 2025 03:46 pm IST
