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Adrien Brody claims Jack Nicholson asked him to boycott the 2003 Oscars over the Iraq war
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Adrien Brody knew the 2003 Oscars was going to be an unforgettable one – whether he won or not. The actor recently alleged to The Sunday Times that ahead of the ceremony, Jack Nicholson requested all the Best Actor nominees to convene beforehand in his home to discuss potentially boycotting the show amid the Iraq war.The Academy Awards was taking place that year just four days after the U.S. invasion at the time.
The star was nominated for "The Pianist," where he played Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish composer of Jewish descent who survived the Holocaust. Brody said he and his fellow actors gathered at Nicholson’s house and discussed the situation over scotch and cigars. Adrien Brody and Jack Nicholson during Cannes 2002 - New Line Cinema's ‘About Schmidt’ party in Cannes, France.
(Photo by J. Vespa/WireImage) The 48-year-old admitted he was reluctant to skip the show as he was the only one in the group who hadn’t won an Oscar yet. "I said, ‘I don’t know about you guys, but I’m going,’" Brody recalled to the outlet.
"I said, ‘I kind of have to show up. My parents are coming.This doesn’t come around too often. I know you guys are all winners.
You can sit it out. But I can’t’" Ultimately, all the Best Actor nominees attended the ceremony. And at age 29, Broady became the youngest to win Best Actor in history.
He still holds that record today. The Guardian noted that several stars chose not to attend the Oscars that year out of respect for the Iraq War, including Elizabeth Taylor, Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe and Tom Cruise. Adrien Brody and his Oscar for Best Actor in ‘The Pianist’.
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Jack Nicholson had plans to boycott the 2003 Oscars, as it was revealed by ‘The Pianist’ star Adrien Brody. That year, the ceremony was scheduled March 23, four days after the United States started their invasion of Iraq.The Hollywood legend, who was nominated for Best Actor, invited his fellow nominees over to his house and said he wanted to organize a protest, showing solidarity with people in Iraq and telling the actors to skip the ceremony.Brody detailed how it all went down during a recent interview, as he was the only one among the rest of the nominees who didn’t have an Oscar, including Nicholas Cage for ‘Adaptation,’ Daniel Day-Lewis for ‘Gangs of New York,’ and Michael Caine for ‘The Quiet American.’“I don’t know about you guys, but I’m going,” he said to the nominees,” adding “I kind of have to show up.
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