22 years later, Halle Berry paid home to Adrien Brody.
22 years after their notorious kiss at the Oscars in 2003, Halle Berry and Adrien Brody again caused a stir on the red carpet of the Oscars 2025. Berry, who appears as a presenter at this year’s ceremony, discovered Brody, who is nominated for his role in “The Brutalist” as the best main actor, and took the opportunity to discuss the then controversial To return surprise kiss with your own kiss.
In 2003 Halle Berry Brody presented the Oscar as the best leading actor for his performance in “The Pianist”. At that time, Adrien Brody surprised this actress and the audience by kissing her spontaneously and noticing: “I bet, you didn’t tell you that it was in the gift bag.” This moment was considered one of the most memorable in the history of the Oscars, but also triggered discussions about consensuality.
In an interview from 2017, Halle Berry remembered the incident and said: “It was not planned. I didn’t know about it. I just thought: ‘What the hell is happening here?’ ”Brody commented on the kiss in 2015 and described him as“ probably one of the most memorable moments at all ”.
At this year’s encounter on the red carpet, it was shown that both actors can now take the incident of the back then with humor. Halle Berry ran towards Adrien Brody, hugged him warmly and gave him a kiss while joking: “I had to pay him home.”
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This year, Brody is nominated for his portrayal of the Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth in Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist”, a historical epic that for ten Oscars, the best film, the best supporting actress (Felicity Jones), Best Seat Sk. Original screenplay, is nominated. Berry is still the only black actress who won the Oscar as the best leading actress – an award she received in 2002 for her role in the drama “Monster’s Ball”.