I YEARN FOR ROLES THAT SPEAK TO THE HUMAN CONDITION: ADRIEN

Back in 2003, Adrien Brody became the youngest recipient of the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards for Roman Polanski's Holocaust war drama The Pianist.

- Devansh Sharma

Back in 2003, Adrien Brody became the youngest recipient of the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards for Roman Polanski's Holocaust war drama The Pianist. Now, 22 years later, he's nominated in the same category for yet another Holocaust saga, Brady Corbet's The Brutalist (2024).

His yearning has been to create something significant that speaks to the human condition and touches on social issues: "That's what artists yearn for - to leave behind work that is representative of a greater significance or journey."