Adrien Brody is clearing up speculation that he is banned Saturday Night Live.
of Brutalist star hosted a May 2003 episode of the NBC sketch show, during which he controversially wore a dreadlocked wig and spoke with a Jamaican accent to introduce the musical guest Sean Paul. Ever since there has been speculation that he has been banned from the show, which aired again on Sunday, January 5, after he won best actor at the Golden Globes.
But in an interview with vulture published last month, Brody, 51, denied the rumours, although he did add: “But I’ve also never been invited back,” he says with a laugh. “So I don’t know what to tell you.”
Brody said the part was his idea, though the show provided the costume. “They were all literally silenced by me,” he explained.
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He added, “I think Lorne (Michaels, SNL creator) wasn’t happy that I was embellishing a bit, but they let me do it.”
At Sunday’s Golden Globes, Brody won best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, drama, for his role as László Tóth in The Brutalist. The award came 23 years after Brody won an Academy Award for it The pianist at the age of 29.
“It’s been a lot of 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 said. Us Weekly and other reporters in the press room of the Beverly Hilton after his victory. “It gave me perspective. It has given me a great appreciation for this moment.”
Brody noted that “anything can 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’s as meaningful as this,” the actor said, referring to Brutalist.
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In the film, Brody stars as a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who immigrated to America after World War II.
“To be able to have a triumph in your life again is incredibly healing and rewarding,” Brody said, noting that the film “talks about my family’s struggles and the struggles they’ve faced.” (In his acceptance speech on Sunday, Brody said his character’s story is similar to his own family’s experience of the Holocaust.)
