Adrien Brody is clearing up speculation that he’s banned from Saturday Night Live.
The Brutalist star hosted a May 2003 episode of the NBC sketch show, during which he controversially wore a dreadlocked wig and spoke in a Jamaican accent to introduce musical guest Sean Paul. Ever since there’s been speculation that he is banned from the show, which resurfaced Sunday, January 5, after he won a best actor award at the Golden Globes.
But in an interview with Vulture published last month, Brody, 51, denied the rumor, though he added, “But I also have never been invited back on,” he says, laughing. “So I don’t know what to tell you.”
Brody said the bit was his idea, though the show provided the costume. “They were all literally agape from me pitching,” he explained.
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He added, “I think Lorne [Michaels, SNL creator] wasn’t happy with me embellishing a bit, but they allowed me to.”
At Sunday’s Golden Globes, Brody took home Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, for his role as László Tóth in The Brutalist. The accolade came 23 years after Brody won an Academy Award for The Pianist at age 29.
“It’s been many years, it’s been decades, and I’ve had a long life and career and a lot of peaks and a lot of valleys,” Brody told Us Weekly and other reporters in the Beverly Hilton press room following his win. “It’s given me perspective. It’s given me great appreciation for this moment.”
Brody noted that “it can all go away,” referring to his career, which 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 that is as meaningful as this,” the actor said, referring to The Brutalist.
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In the movie, Brody stars as a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to America following World War II.
“That you can have a triumph in your life again is incredibly healing and rewarding,” Brody said, noting that the movie “speaks to my family’s struggles and the hardships that they’ve faced.” (In his acceptance speech Sunday, Brody said that his character’s story is similar to that of his own family’s experience of the Holocaust.)
