Best actor winner Adrien Brody broke the record for the longest-ever acceptance speech in the Oscars Sunday as ratings drop.
Best actor winner Adrien Brody broke the record for the longest-ever Oscar acceptance speech Sunday, as a lengthy gala suffered a small ratings dip, reaching some 18 million people on US network ABC and streamer Hulu.
Despite promising to be “brief” on multiple occasions during his marathon monologue, “The Brutalist” star Brody clocked a whopping five minutes and 40 seconds on stage, surpassing an eight-decade-old record.
The ceremony itself, in which low-budget indie “Anora” took five Oscars including best picture, overran to nearly four hours.
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The Academy introduced time limits and the practice of “playing off” winners with music following Garson’s speech. But Brody on Sunday ordered the orchestra to stop.
“Please, turn the music off. I’ve done this before,” said Brody, who won best actor in 2003 for “The Pianist.
