Adrien Brody has disclosed that a makeup artist on The Brutalist attempted to take off his nose, thinking it was a prosthetic.
In an interview with Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, Brody mentioned that a new makeup artist started “working diligently with a solvent on my nose.”
Brody went on: “She’s simply busy at work. And I asked: ‘Are you attempting to get rid of that?’ And she replied: ‘Yes.’ And I replied: “That won’t come off!”
The actor had been filming scenes that take place toward the end of the movie, where his character, an elderly Hungarian architect, is portrayed in a wheelchair.
These scenes demanded significant aging makeup and hair coloring, along with subtle prosthetics. Brody mentioned that the makeup artist expressed regret, then noted: “I’ll be writing this in my diary.”
Brody is leading the race for the best actor Oscar for his performance in the film, 22 years after his win for portraying another Holocaust survivor in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist.
Brady Corbet’s movie The Brutalist has received 10 Oscar nominations, which encompass best picture, best director, and acting accolades for Brody’s co-stars Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce.
Brody accidentally broke his nose during a fight scene in Spike Lee’s 1999 movie Summer of Sam and has fractured it on two other different occasions.
The Brutalist often refers to his unique characteristic, implying that it was damaged due to mistreatment by the Nazis. Brody’s role, László Tóth, isn’t based on a real individual; however, Corbet drew inspiration from the Hungarian postwar designer and architect Marcel Lajos Breuer for this character.
Actors have often worn prosthetic noses to more closely resemble historical figures in award-winning biopics. A significant topic in last year’s Oscars discussions was the fake nose sported by Bradley Cooper in his role as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro.
Certain critics believed its size was anti-Semitic—an allegation denied by the conductor’s offspring, who worked on the film and stated: “It is indeed the case that Leonard Bernstein had a prominent, large nose.”
Meryl Streep’s subtly crafted prosthetic nose portraying Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady earned the actress her third Oscar in 2011. Nicole Kidman’s notable role in the Virginia Woolf biopic The Hours earned her first win in 2003.
At the podium, presenter Denzel Washington declared the winner: “By a narrow margin, the Oscar goes to Nicole Kidman.”
