TO Hollywood, everything comes back. Even iconic kisses. Twenty -two years after one of the moments that marked the history of the Academy Awards, Halle Berry and Adrien Brody decided to rewrite the script. On the red carpet of the 2025 Oscars, the actress has The colleague with a kiss is surprised, recalling that famous instant of 2003 which made the whole world discuss. A playful gesture, a way to overturn the past.
Oscar 2003: Adrien Brody’s kiss to Halle Berry
It was March 23, 2003 and Adrien Brody, then 29 years old, went up on the stage of the Dolby Theater To collect the Award for Best Actor For The pianist. The emotion was irrepressible, the victory a historical triumph. And then, the twist: Even before grabbing the statuette, Brody grabbed Halle Berry, who was announcing the prize, and kissed it with transport. The public was banned. The next day, the media divided between those who called him a passionate gesture and those who label it as an out of place actionwithout consent. Halle Berry, for his part, he minimized the question: “I didn’t expect the kiss, but I had nothing to complain about.” However, over the years, the debate has rekindled, especially after the #Metoo movement, which reread that moment with different eyes.
Oscar 2025: the kiss of the “revenge”
Two decades later, the scenario has changed. On the red carpet of the Oscar 2025this time it was Halle Berry to take the initiative, throwing herself around Adrien Brody and repeating the gesture. A Revenge Kissas social networks have renamed it, a way to rebalance the roles and play with the past. All with an ironic tone: the two have embraced each other, they laughed and Berry has Even jokes with Georgina Chapmancurrent companion of Brody, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
What is certain is that the curtain has arrived in a perfect moment: Adrien Brody, after 22 years, won his second Oscar For The brutalist. According to a well -studied nostalgia, a gesture of a good omen, according to others. Halle Berry then has shared the video of the kiss on social media with the caption «Surprise Adrien Brody! I had to take revenge “winking at the fans.
Adrien Brody’s “luck”
The Famous kiss of 2003 is still the subject of discussion today. The video of the time, Available on the official Oscar channelhas accumulated millions of views and contrasting comments: there are those who consider it an iconic moment and those who judge it unacceptable. Halle Berry, in a 2017 interview, admitted that the surprise had been real: “I thought:” What the Cacchio is going on? “. What about Adrien Brody? He has always avoided entering the merits, limiting himself to declaring that today “we live in an era of great awareness”. What is certain is that the presence of the Berry at the Oscars I always bring great luck to Adrien Brody.
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