Oscar winner Halle Berry introduced again an notorious Oscars reminiscence at this yr’s awards when she bumped into finest actor nominee Adrien Brody on the purple carpet.
Halle Berry and Adrien Brody kiss on the purple carpet on the 97th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 2, 2025.
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The actress was noticed kissing “The Brutalist” star on the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles — a playful callback to their 2003 Oscars second when Brody stunned Berry with a kiss whereas accepting his finest actor award for “The Pianist.”
Brody’s girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, who walked the purple carpet with him, watched the second unfold with laughter and applause.
Halle Berry and Adrien Brody kiss on the purple carpet on the 97th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 2, 2025.
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Final month, Brody mirrored on the surprising kiss in an interview with Selection, acknowledging how occasions have modified.
“We stay in a really acutely aware time, which is an excellent factor,” he stated, including, “Nothing that I ever do or have accomplished or would’ve accomplished is ever accomplished with the intention of creating anybody really feel dangerous.”
Adrien Brody attends SAG-AFTRA Basis Conversations – Adrien Brody For “The Brutalist,” Jan. 30, 2025, in New York. Adrien Brody surprises presenter Halle Berry with a kiss after he gained the Oscar for finest actor for his work in “The Pianist” on the Academy Awards in Hollywood, March 23, 2003.
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Berry, who has spoken concerning the second earlier than, beforehand admitted she was caught off guard.
In a 2017 interview on “Watch What Occurs Reside with Andy Cohen,” she recalled considering, “What the f— is occurring proper now?” however went together with it, understanding the push of feelings that include profitable an Oscar.
Regardless of the controversy, Berry has proven nothing however help for Brody through the years, even congratulating him on his current Golden Globe win.
“Congratulations my good friend. You’re really one in every of one!” she commented on one in every of Brody’s Instagram posts in January.
