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Adrien Brody has recalled 'abandoning his life and loved ones' while filming his Oscar-winning role in The Pianist so that he could 'dig deep' into the character.
The actor, 51, won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 2003 Academy Awards for his role as Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman.
He has now been nominated again for his part in The Brutalist and has reflected on how much he gave up for his role in the 2002 war drama.
Adrien - who was 29 at the time - split with his girlfriend during the course of filming, lost too much weight and became ill.
Speaking to The Times he has now told how he would never sacrifice so much for a film again, saying: 'I'm a grown-up.
'And as a young man I did not feel that I could faithfully honour all that was on my shoulders with The Pianist, so I dug very deep.
Adrien Brody has recalled 'abandoning his life and loved ones' while filming his Oscar-winning role in The Pianist so that he could 'dig deep' into the character
The actor, 51, won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 2003 Academy Awards for his role as Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman
'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.'
After his big win Adrien disappeared from the spotlight completely saying he didn't understand why he had received so much praise for the movie.
In the interview he told how he isolated himself in the countryside as he 'saw how much was coming to me and felt unnerved.'
It comes after earlier this month Adrien made headlines after winning Best Performance in a Motion Picture for The Brutalist at the 2025 Golden Globes.
Brody stars in The Brutalist as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who escapes the Holocaust by emigrating to the U.S.
Previously nominated for a Golden Globe for his iconic role in The Pianist (2002), for which he also won the Best Actor Oscar, Brody's latest project is a historical drama directed and co-written by Brady Corbet.
The movie arrived at the Golden Globes with seven nominations, including nods for supporting stars Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce.
Brody catapulted to international fame with his Oscar-winning performance in The Pianist (2002), where he portrayed the Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, earning critical acclaim and a Best Actor Academy Award.
He has now been nominated again for his role in The Brutalist and has reflected on how much he gave up for his role in the 2002 war drama
Adrien - who was 29 at the time - split with his girlfriend during the course of filming, lost too much weight and became ill
Speaking to The Times he has now told how he would never sacrifice so much for a film again, saying: 'I abandoned my life, loved ones, home, phone, car in order to deliver truth'
Following his breakout role, Brody continued to build an eclectic career, starring in films like King Kong (2005), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), and Predators (2010).
Adrien became emotional while paying tribute to his girlfriend Georgina Chapman after winning.
Taking the stage to accept his award, the 51-year-old Oscar winner expressed gratitude for his designer partner, 47, acknowledging her support, as well as the tough competition in his category, which included heavyweights like Timothée Chalamet, Daniel Craig, Colman Domingo, Ralph Fiennes, and Sebastian Stan.
'To my beautiful and amazing partner Georgina, your generosity of spirit, your own resilience, your immense creativity are a daily reminder of how to be,' Brody said, visibly emotional.
'I would not be standing here before you if it wasn't for you. There was a time not too long ago that I felt this may never be a moment afforded to me again, so thank you.'
Brody and Chapman first became romantically linked in 2019, marking her first relationship since her 2017 split from disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein.
The former couple, who married in 2007, finalized their divorce in 2021 and share two children.
Weinstein, convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020, was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
It comes after earlier this month Adrien made headlines after winning Best Performance in a Motion Picture for The Brutalist at the 2025 Golden Globes
Brody stars in The Brutalist as László Tóth, a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who escapes the Holocaust by emigrating to the U.S
He later received an additional 16-year sentence for further charges in California, bringing his total prison term to 39 years.
Chapman, the British fashion designer and co-founder of the label Marchesa, left Weinstein in October 2017, shortly after The New York Times published a bombshell investigation detailing decades of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Weinstein.
Chapman publicly announced their separation in a statement, saying she was 'heartbroken' by the accusations, but it was clear she wanted to distance herself from the scandal.
She has largely kept a low profile since then and focused on her work, including her fashion career.
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