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Adrien Brody Becomes World Record Holder With Longest Acceptance Speech in Oscars History

Brody's lengthy acceptance speech on Sunday night beats the record of 5 minutes and 30 seconds held by Greer Garson, according to Guinness World Records, when she won for 'Mrs Miniver' in 1943.

Brody emerged triumphant ahead of TimothéeChalamet, Sebastian Stan, Colman Domingo and Ralph Fiennes at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, claiming one of the top performance prizes for his portrayal as Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth in The Brutalist. He came up on stage — not before spitting out his chewing gum and throwing it to partner Georgina Chapman — and ignored the standard 45-second timer to speak for a whopping 5 minutes and 40 seconds. It beats the record of 5 minutes and 30 seconds held by Greer Garson, according to GWR, when she won for Mrs Miniver in 1943 (though there is no existing footage of the speech in its entirety).

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