A controversial love with Westein's ex and his facet as a painter: the new life of Adrien Broody

Despite his 48 years, Adrien Brody has lived almost as many lives as any other Hollywood old glory worth his salt.

The first took place three decades ago, when he moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and searched for years for an opportunity to prove that he could be more than just a deserving supporting cast.

The second came in 2002, with the Oscar won by

—He is still the youngest actor in history to win the statuette— and his sudden rise to the Olympus of the cinema mecca with

or

.

After him, he would savor the most ungrateful side of him, moving between low-budget productions that seemed to give up his career and with the only help of the roles reserved for him by his inseparable friend Wes Anderson (

).

We could call the current one the fourth coming, relying on some of the most successful series on the grid (

,

) to claim its privileged status in the industry.

A rebirth that, however, does not have acting as the main plot line, but two passionate romances of different stamps.

"I would say that painting was my first love," confesses the actor, who recently opened the doors of his private studio to

.

The son of artists —his father, Elliot Brody, is a painter and historian, and his mother, Sylvia Plachy, is a photographer whose work has been exhibited at MOMA—, canvases were so prominent during his childhood that painting ended up becoming his original artistic drive.

Only after his inexperienced sketches were rejected and he was denied admission to a prestigious New York visual arts academy did he decide to take a gamble on enrolling in an acting school where he had been accepted.

“It is true that painting touches me quite closely from a very early age”, he confessed in an interview offered to the magazine

, wondering even with its uncertain future if that portfolio had received the approval of the selection panel: "Maybe I was painting, yes, and starving".

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Brody returned to the brushes about eight years ago, when the big Hollywood roles began to go to other more current candidates.

His pictorial work has been exhibited this time in different galleries in the United States and whenever he is forced to shoot outside his hometown, New York, he installs an improvised studio in which to continue feeding his vocation between scene and scene.

That deep passion that he shows in each of his facets was the one that ended up conquering the heart of Georgina Chapman, his partner for the last two years and the person responsible for renewing the illusion and most intimate desires of the actor, whom he describes as "unusual". and interesting".

Although today their relationship is more than established, the romance of Adrien Brody and the founder of the Marchesa fashion brand was one of the most talked about in recent Hollywood.

At the end of 2017, the British made headlines in the general press after dissolving her marriage of ten years with Harvey Weinstein, the film producer convicted of rape and other sexual crimes.

"My heart is broken for all the women who have suffered tremendous pain due to these unforgivable actions," she alleged in the statement in which she announced her divorce from the businessman and father of her two children.

Brody, always discreet and jealous of her privacy despite having dated actresses like Elsa Pataky or January Jones, became tabloid fodder for the first time.

Nor the explicit support of such influential figures in the industry as the editor of

Anna Wintour – “a person should not be held responsible for the actions of their partner”, he argued – or that of stars like Scarlett Johansson, were able to save the brand from the reputational blow suffered by the scandal.

Taking into account, in addition, that actresses like Jessica Chastain or Jennifer Aniston had revealed that the infamous businessman had pressured them to wear his ex-wife's designs on the red carpet.

"Humiliated", the 45-year-old designer moved away from the media spotlight until, on a trip to Puerto Rico to present a swimwear collection by model Helena Christensen, she resumed an old friendship with Adrien Brody that had not It took time to mutate into romance.

"Life works in mysterious ways, let's put it that way," the actor evoked in

referring to their relationship.

In addition to sharing a house in an exclusive Brooklyn neighborhood, the couple has not had any qualms about posing together at all kinds of events.

The last one, just a few days ago on the occasion of the

of

, the new HBO Max series that recounts the rise of the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty and in which Brody brings legendary coach Pat Riley to life.

The professional future of the New Yorker seems as exciting as the personal one.

In addition to the upcoming premiere of

, the long-awaited

about Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas) in which he brings to life a transcript of the playwright Arthur Miller, the actor is currently shooting

, a

of action in which he shares the leading role with De Armas herself and Chris Evans.

Perhaps the fifth life of Adrien Brody is closer than we think.