Adrien Brody clears up speculation that it is banned Saturday Night Live.
The Brutal star hosted a May 2003 episode. on the NBC sketch show during which he controversially wore a wig with dreadlocks and spoke in a Jamaican accent to introduce the musical guest Sean Paul. Ever since speculations surfaced that he was banned from the show, which resurfaced Sunday, January 5, after winning Best Actor Award at Golden Globe.
But in an interview with Vulture published last month, Brody, 51, denied the rumor but added, “But I’ve never been invited back either,” he says, laughing. “So I don’t know what to tell you.”
Brody said the part was his idea, although the show provided the costume. “Everybody was literally gaping at my throw,” he explained.
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He added: “I think Lorne (Michaels, SNL creator) wasn’t happy that I embellished a bit, but they let me.”
At Sunday’s Golden Globes, Brody took home the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, for his role as Laszlo Toth c The Brutalist. The honor came 23 years after Brody won the Oscar for The pianist at 29 years old.
“It’s been a lot of years, it’s been decades, and I’ve had a long life and a career and a lot of highs and a lot of valleys,” Brody said Us Weekly and other reporters in the Beverly Hilton press room after his victory. “It gave me perspective. It gave me a great appreciation for that moment.”
Brody noted that “anything can go away,” referring to his career that has spanned more than three decades.
“I am very grateful. I’ve had a very blessed career, but as you can see, it’s still a challenge to find work as meaningful as this,” the actor said, referring to The Brutalist.
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In the film, Brody plays a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to America after World War II.
“To be able to have triumph in your life again is incredibly healing and rewarding,” Brody said, noting that the film “talks about my family’s struggles and the struggles they faced.” (In his acceptance speech Sunday, Brody said his character’s story is similar to his own family’s experience of the Holocaust.)
