Adrien Brody recalled how a makeup artist on "The Brutalist" mistook his nose for a prosthetic. The Oscar-winning actor, 51, stars in the lead role in Brady Corbet's drama about a Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor who builds a new future in the United States.

Adrien Brody has said that he almost lost a part of his face while making the Oscar-nominated The Brutalist due to a misunderstanding with a make-up artist.

Adrien Brody has revealed a makeup artist once tried to pull his nose off. The Oscar winner admitted he cracked up when a new makeup team attempted to detach his real nose while working on the set of his latest movie,

Adrien Brody, promoting his film "The Brutalist," revealed that a makeup artist had tried to remove his real nose, thinking it was prosthetic.

Adrien Brody is an intensely private person and has never been a typical leading man, he explained in a February 2025 interview with Variety. He often got passed over for roles because of his unconventional looks.

Adrien Brody says a makeup artist tried to remove his distinctive nose whlle he was making The Brutalist. Brody ages 30 years in the movie, so some prosthetics were necessary, the Hollywood Reporter notes.