Adrien Brody Oscar speech set a dubious record

Brody's acceptance speech came in at 5 minutes, 40 seconds. According to the Guinness World Records folks, that is the longest acceptance speech in Oscar's history. Previously, the record was held by Greer Garson, who won Best Actress for 1942's "Mrs. Miniver." That was the only time she won out of seven nominations, so we're glad Garson made the most out of it. Now, there is no recording of Garson's speech, what with it happening in 1943 and all, but Guinness had her down at speaking for 5 minutes, 30 seconds.

The Oscars producers did give it a go, as they made the effort to play Brody off. He was having none of it, though, and while he promised to be brief, he spoke for a couple of minutes after silencing the music. Although, at least the final portion of his speech was less about him and more about inclusiveness and fighting against racism and what have you.

Brody first won for 2002's "The Pianist," but that record-breaking win was not necessarily the rocket ship it could have been. He squandered some goodwill here and there and proved difficult on occasion. Infamously, Brody is one of the people purported to be "banned for life" from "Saturday Night Live" after he went rogue throwing to musical act Sean Paul. 

While winning his second Best Actor is a culmination of a "redemption arc," he did then proceed to literally speak for longer than any winner in the near-century of Oscars events. Also, as he was getting on stage he took gum out of his mouth and, inexplicably, threw it to his lady Georgina Chapman. Surely he could have easily gotten his hands on a new piece of gum, right?

(h/t The Hollywood Reporter)