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So Cusack is a family relative of someone who got killed in a school shooting. There's a trial, and Hackman is the guy representing the gun company. Hackman plays dirty, so he wins.
Cusack spends years trying to hack his way into the jury database until he finally gets his lucky break and is called to a new trial, again for a shooting. This already is .. wow. Just, not gonna happen. Like, part ONE of your plan is to throw your name in a list of idk, 200,000 people and hope you're one of 30 that gets called, AND for a gun violence trial, AND where this one guy is gonna work - which you did not know at the time that your name was selected?

Then he manages to paint himself as a meek and impressionable person who will likely be railroaded, and manages to be accepted not by one, but two teams of behaviour / psychology experts.

Once he's in the jurty, this master manipulator manages to completely control their hearts and minds, while at the same time running a spy game where he bullies Hackman for $15M, avoids professional hitmen, dupes the judge into throwing out jurors, all the while Hackman is also doing a shitton of absolutely criminal things that, you know, you might as well just murder the witnesses, at that point.

Talk about being a brutalist.

Adrien Brody won the Oscar for Best Actor at the 2025 Academy Awards Sunday night and used the opportunity to display behavior some viewers found pretty bothersome.

Although the “Brutalist” star did a few annoying things before he even got on the stage — like spending a full minute hugging everyone who approached him and grossing out viewers by spitting out a wad of gum he was chewing and throwing it to his partner to hold — these irritating acts were just the tip of the iceberg.

Once Brody got on stage, he launched into a pretty standard — albeit long-winded — acceptance speech. It should be noted that the suggested time limit for acceptance speeches at the Oscars was about 45 seconds. Yet, when Brody’s speech hit the 3:43 mark and the orchestra began playing him off, things took an ugly turn.

Initially Brody just ignored the music signaling for him to leave the stage, but he then decided to confront the situation.

“And I’m wrapping up, please, please, please. I’m wrapping up. I will wrap up. Please turn the music off,” Brody said, while making a “cut” gesture with his hands.

“I’ve done this before. Thank you. It’s not my first rodeo,” he added, a reference to this being the second time he has won a Best Actor Oscar. His first was in 2003 for “The Pianist.”

“But I will be brief,” Brody said after the music stopped playing. “I will not be egregious, I promise.”

But Brody continued to ramble on for nearly two more minutes.

Brody’s speech was so bloated that The Hollywood Reporter pointed out his dialogue broke a world record for the longest acceptance speech in Oscars history. Not counting the time Brody took to actually get on the stage, THR clocked his speech at a whopping five minutes and 40 seconds. That means Brody’s speech beat the Guinness World Record of five minutes and 30 seconds held by Greer Garson, when she won for “Mrs. Miniver” in 1943.

Funnily enough, it seems that some actors who have been on the award circuit this season had a feeling Brody may eat up a lot of time while delivering his acceptance speech.

At the Screen Actors Guild Awards last month, Kieran Culkin even made a crack about Brody’s tendency to hog the spotlight.

Kieran Culkin making fun of Adrien Brody during his SAG Award speech:

"Thank you for this incredibly heavy award. I don't think there's any way anyone can hold this for 45 seconds.....which is the allotted time, Adrien Brody!" pic.twitter.com/RUQHFNOAbW
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) February 24, 2025

While remarking how heavy the trophy was at the SAG Awards, Culkin said, “I don’t think there’s any way anyone can hold this for 45 seconds. Which is the allotted time, Adrien Brody. Forty-five seconds.”

Over on X, formerly Twitter, users expressed their distaste for Brody’s behavior:

they needed to get a giant hook for adrien brody’s ass like it was the apollo
— Sydney Battle (@SydneyBattle) March 3, 2025

adrien brody taking 1 whole minute to get on the stage, throwing his gum on the floor, and proceeding to have a 6.5 minute speech where he demands the orchestra to stop playing so he can keep yapping pic.twitter.com/0BKD7jKgp4
— chlo (@2dchloe) March 3, 2025

why is adrien brody allowed to talk for so long but others were rushed off the stage???? please play the music.
— ً (@drivenbyfilms) March 3, 2025

being held hostage by adrien brody
— sarah hagi (@KindaHagi) March 3, 2025

Adrien Brody saying “I’ve done this before shut the music off”…. but Timothee was getting slammed for saying he wanted to be one of the greats… hmmm…. Okay #Oscars pic.twitter.com/GkR5a1CHgS
— Jihyo #1 Fan (@feelsspecial) March 3, 2025

hmm so i do not like how adrien brody was all “i’ve done this before” lol. there is a huge difference between this speech and timothée’s SAG speech and this one was full of arrogance
— lina (@evermoresivy) March 3, 2025

"They're already counting me down, okay thank you God. Thank you for this blessed life. If I may just humbly begin by giving thanks for the tremendous outpouring of love that I felt from this world and every individual that has treated me with respect, and appreciation, I feel so fortunate. You know, acting is a very fragile profession, it looks very glamorous, and certain moments it is but the one thing I've gained, having the privilege to come back here is to have some perspective and no matter where you are in your career, no matter what you've accomplished it can all go away and I think what makes this night most special is the awareness of that and the gratitude that I have to still to do the work that I love.

"Winning an award like this it signifies a destination and it's something my character references in the film but to me it also beyond the pinnacle of a career it is a chance to begin again and the opportunity to hopefully be fortunate enough for that the next 20 years of my life that I can prove that I am worthy of such meaningful and important and relevant roles. I share this with my fellow nominees, who are just wonderful human beings who exude grace and goodness and brilliance with their work, theres so many people to thank. I will really try and be as brief as possible.

"I thank of course my team, Andrew Tsoules, and my many friends at CAA and Lindsay Galin, and Heather at 2PM Sharp, and A24 and Focus and Universal for believing in us and Brady [Corbet] and Mona [Fastvold] for what you've done for independent film and for your beautiful spirit, and for giving me space to exist in this triumph of a work and my fellow cast. Guy [Pierce] and Felicity [Jones] you're just brilliant and lovely and I share this with you. I share this with my amazing partner Georgina, who has not only reinvigorated my own self-worth, but my sense of value and my values and her beautiful children Dash and India, I know it's been a rollercoaster, but thank you for accepting me into your life and Popsy's coming home a winner.

"And who else? And Judy Becker the real László Tóth, who deserves to be up here and I'm wrapping up. I will wrap up, turn the music off, I've done this before thank you, It's not my first rodeo, but I will be brief, I will not be egregious I promise. You know I have to thank my mum and dad who are here as well, and they've given me, they've just created just such a strong foundation of respect and of kindness, and wonderful spirit and they've given me the strength to pursue this dream.

"I'm here once again, to represent the lingering traumas, and the repercussions of war and systematic oppression, and of anti-semitism, and racism, and of othering and I believe that I pray for a healthier and happier, and a more inclusive world, and I believe if the past can teach us anything it's a reminder to not let hate go unchecked.

"Okay, I'll get out of here, I love you, I appreciate you all. Let's fight for what's right, keep smiling, keep loving one another, let's rebuild together. Thank you."