The actress then announced Brody as the winner.
The broadcast then cut to Berry looking slightly confused and wiping her lips.
Brodybriefly touched on the kisswhile reflecting on his Oscar win during a 2015 interview withVanity Fair.
Adrien Brody and Halle Berry kissing at the 2003 Oscars.Credit:Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty
“That sure was probably one of the most memorable moments ever,” he said.
“You could say time slowed down.
That was that moment where I really, really felt it slow down.
Adrien Brody at the 2025 SAG Awards; Halle Berry at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit 2024.Emma McIntyre/WireImage; Presley Ann/Getty
“That was not planned.
I knew nothing about it,” she said.
“I was like, ‘What the f—’s happening right now?’
That is what was going through my mind.
But I was like, ‘What the f— is going on right now?”
I don’t even know.”
Brody looked back at the incident in aninterview withVarietyearlier this month.
“We live in a very conscious time, which is a wonderful thing,” he said.
“Congratulations my friend.
You are truly one of one!”
But stranger things have happened!
The 97th Oscars begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC/Hulu on Sunday, March 2.
