Adrien Brody won his second Oscar at the 2025 Academy Awards, where his leading turn in Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” won the best actor prize. His buzzy acceptance speech was proceeded by one of the ceremony’s most viral moments: Brody was chewing gum when his name was called,

After his name was called by Cillian Murphy, Adrien embraced his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, alongside his cast mates and director. But as he walked up the stairs, he paused and then proceeded to spit his gum into his hand.