Adrien Brody reveals Jack Nicholson asked him to BOYCOTT the 2003 Oscars to protest the Iraq War
dailymail.co.ukNearly 20 years after his historic Best Actor win for The Pianist, Adrien Brody reveals he was asked by three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson to boycott the ceremony.Brody still holds the record as the youngest Best Actor winner ever (29 years old) for his towering performance as Holocaust survivorWladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist.The actor, now 48, opened up about the experience in a wide-ranging interview with Sunday Times, where he revealed Nicholson asked all of the nominees to sit out the ceremony in response to the United States' invasion of Iraq, just weeks before the telecast.
Oscar win:Nearly 20 years after his historic Best Actor win for The Pianist, Adrien Brody reveals he was asked by three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson to boycott the ceremony Boycott:The actor, now 48, opened up about the experience in a wide-ranging interview with Sunday Times , where he revealed Nicholson asked all of the nominees to sit out the ceremony in response to the United States' invasion of Iraq, just weeks before the telecastBrody was the only nominee that year that hadn't won an Oscar, nominated alongside Nicholson (About Schmidt), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) and Michael Caine (The Quiet American).All of the nominees were invited to Nicholson's home to discuss their potential response to the U.S.
invasion of Iraq, which happened just four days before the 75th Oscars aired on March 23, 2003. Nicholson suggested that all of the nominees show their solidarity and boycott the ceremony together, but Brody, who had never been nominated before, made it clear he was going.
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