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Adrien Brody Has PTSD From ‘The Pianist’ Weight Loss; His Near-Starvation Diet Made Him 129 Pounds for Filming: ‘That Was Necessary for Storytelling’


Adrian Brody got his weight down to 129 pounds before filming "The Pianist," which won him the Oscar for best actor.

Adrian Brody said in a new interview with New York Magazine that he has PTSD from starring in Roman Polanski’s 2002 biographical drama “ The Pianist,” which won him the Oscar for best actor. Around the same time, he courted controversy for hosting “Saturday Night Live” and sporting dreadlocks and a Jamaican accent to introduce musical guest Sean Paul. Brody is now back in the running for best actor thanks to his performance in Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” which has already won him an acting prize from the New York Film Critics Circle.

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