How Adrien Brody's The Brutalist relaunched his floundering career - after controversial his Oscars antics and insensitive SNL skit (but an AI squabble could bring it all crumpling down again!)

In 2003, Adrien Brody should have been on top of the world. At just 29 years old, he had become the youngest ever actor to win an Academy Award for his role in The Pianist. The film, from disgraced director Roman Polansky, grossed $120m at the global box office and made a star of its leading man. In order to play Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who survives the Holocaust and is left with the ruins of his life among the ruins of Warsaw, Adrien lost 30lbs, cut off contact with his girlfriend and even went off-grid for a time.

But Adrien's rise to the top was somewhat scuppered by a series of avoidable controversies. In March 2003, the up-and-coming actor - who had been trying to get his big break since he was 15 - planted an expected kiss on Halle Berry as he accepted his Oscar, a move which baffled audiences and the actress has criticised him for. Months later, Adrien found himself in hot water again when he wore a dreadlock wig and put on a Jamaican accent to introduce Sean Paul on Saturday Night Live. He recently joked that he was never invited back.

Later that year, Adrien attended P Diddy's private MTV Movie Awards after-party and has been pictured several times with the rapper, who is facing life in prison if he is found guilty of a racketeering charge. Adrien Brody caused a stir in Hollywood when he became the youngest ever Oscar winner at the age of 29 in 2003 (pictured) but his career faced several ups and downs afterward. However, the actor's somewhat tainted public image may be about to change for the better again - as his film The Brutalist, which earned him a Golden Globe earlier this month, is being tipped for yet more Oscar nods.

Here FEMAIL reveals how Adrien Brody has successfully relaunched his career with his new hit movie - and the AI controversy he still needs to weather. After Halle Berry announced his Best Actor win in 2003, the young star jumped on stage, grabbed the actress, and gave her a dramatic kiss. He then joked: 'I bet they didn't tell you that was in the gift bag.'. At the time the audience laughed and cheered but Adrien has since been criticised for failing to get the Marvel star's consent.

During an interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in 2017, the award-winning actress revealed she didn't know the kiss as going to happen an was left in a state of shock. She told the presenter: 'I was like, "What the f**k is happening right now?" That is what was going through my mind.'. But it wasn't his age that shocked people. It was his behaviour onstage as he accepted the statue - planting an unexpected kiss on Halle Berry.

During an interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in 2017 , the award-winning actress revealed she didn't know the kiss as going to happen an was left in a state of shock. Further adding to the controversy, Adrien made sure to reference the US invasion of Iraq which had happened just days earlier, closing his award speech with 'Whomever you believe in, if it’s God or Allah, may He watch over you.'.

Just before he went on to collect an award for best actor, he had decided against boycotting the ceremony entirely, going against the advice of his fellow nominees Adrien Brody, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson and Nicolas Cage. He told The Times earlier this month: 'I was a young actor, invited to a powwow with men I held in the highest regard. It was a pretty profound life experience, but, yes, I said that I had to go. Jack’s request was for me to stay at home, but I said I had to attend. I had my parents coming.'.

And Adrien's inappropriate smooch and political message was not the only controversial situation he found himself in as his career took off. Just months later, the rising star was invited to host SNL where he wore a dreadlock wig and put on a Jamaican accent to introduce the musical guest of the night Sean Paul. In a Vulture profile last December, he shed some light on the rumours that he had been banned as a result.

Just months later, the rising star was invited to host SNL where he wore a dreadlock wig and put on a Jamaican accent to introduce the musical guest of the night Sean Paul (pictured). The star won an Oscar for his portrayal of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who survives the Holocaust and is left with the ruins of his life among the ruins of Warsaw in The Pianist (pictured). During the interview, Adrien told how he had embellished part of his script, which reportedly left SNL producer Lorne Michaels unhappy.

However, he did admit the pitch was his own - but said that they had got him the costume. Adrien said of the SNL show: 'They were all literally agape from me pitching. 'I think Lorne [Michaels] wasn't happy with me embellishing a bit, but they allowed me to. I thought that was a safe space to do that, weirdly.'. Adrien told the publication that to his knowledge he hadn't been banned from the show. He did add however: 'But I also have never been invited back on. So I don't know what to tell you.'.