Adrien Brody reflected on filming the Brutalist (Picture: WireImage)
Adrien Brody has opened up about the prosthetics for his new film, recalling the moment a makeup artist believed he was wearing a fake nose.
The 51-year-old has been nominated for the best actor Oscar for his role in the Brutalist, alongside Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn.
He starred as László Tóth in Brady Corbet’s masterpiece, following a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant who arrived in the US to pursue the American dream, after surviving World War II and the Holocaust.
During an appearance on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, the actor was questioned about the use of prosthetics on set, which aged him in front of the camera.
‘I aged 30 years in the making of the movie, too,’ he laughed. ‘They did apply a lot of… They had to do a prosthetic procedure.
‘Everyone’s very busy, it’s a movie with a lot of moving pieces and so I had a new team of people who I had never met.
The actor earned an Oscar nomination for the role (Picture: A24)
He starred beside Felicity Jones in the stunning film (Picture: A24)
‘They were removing this apparatus all over me and this woman was busily working away with a solvent on my nose.
‘She’s just working away, and I said, “Are you trying to remove that?” And she said, “Yes.” And I said, “That doesn’t come off.”
“Then she says, “Oh, I’m so sorry.” And then she goes, “This is going in my diary.” Now it’s going in my talk show repertoire, there you have it.’
Adrien is one of the favorites to take home the best actor trophy at next month’s Oscars for the movie, and already landed a string of awards and nominations for the role – including a coveted Golden Globe, and Bafta and SAG nods.
Adrien wore prosthetics for the shoot (Picture: A24)
He is no stranger to success at the Academy Awards and, at the age of 29, became the youngest man to win a best actor statue for his performance as Władysław Szpilman, as a real-life Holocaust survivor, in 2002 flick The Pianist.
In a candid interview with the Times, he reflected on how different the two Oscars campaigns have been – sharing that he sacrificed a lot two decades ago.
‘I’m a grown-up. And as a young man I did not feel that I could faithfully honor all that was on my shoulders with The Pianist, so I dug very deep,’ he said.
He is the youngest best actor Oscar winner (Picture: AP)
‘I abandoned my life, loved ones, home, phone, car in order to deliver truth. But it’s less toxic now. I no longer think it’s necessary to torment yourself.’
Adrien found himself struggling with his health, as well as his sudden fame – after winning the Oscar, he decided to step back from the spotlight completely.
He added that he isolated himself in the countryside as he ‘saw how much was coming to me and felt unnerved.’
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