Actor Adrien Brody refused to leave the stage after giving his Best Actor acceptance speech at Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony.
The star of “The Brutalist” heard the prompt music indicating his time was up, but he stopped and instructed the people behind the scenes to turn it off.
“I’m wrapping up. Please. Please. Please. I’m wrapping up. I will wrap up. Please turn the music off. I’ve done this before. Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo. I will be brief,” Brody said from the stage.
“Thank you God, thank you for this blessed life,” the two-time Oscar winner said at the beginning of his lengthy speech. “If I may just humbly begin by giving thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love that I felt from this world and every individual that has treated me with respect and appreciation.”
“I feel so fortunate,” Brody continued. “Acting is a very…
