The Oscar-winning actress planted a surprise smooch on Brody ahead on the red carpet, more than 20 years after he did the same onstage at the Oscars.

Halle Berry kissed Adrien Brody on the Oscars red carpet Sunday in a hilarious callback to a moment they shared at the 2003 Academy Awards. During the earlier prize presentation, Brody kissed a surprised-looking Berry on the lips as he accepted his Best Actor Oscar for The Pianist.

At this year’s Academy Awards, Halle could be seen turning to Adrien’s girlfriend of six years, Georgina Chapman, and apologizing before kissing him. Georgina was filmed laughing and clapping as the pair shared their kiss, and now, she’s commented on the moment directly in an interview with Extra.

Adrien Brody's girlfriend Georgina Chapman said that Brody and Halle Berry's surprising red carpet kiss at the 2025 Oscars — a recreation of an iconic moment from the 2003 Academy Awards — was "more than fine.

On the red carpet on Sunday night, Berry surprised Brody with a kiss, recalling one of the most memorable moments in Oscar history.

Halle Berry gets her “payback” for the infamous 2003 Adrien Brody Oscars kiss on the red carpet for the 97th Academy Awards.

Oscars, Adrien Brody famously kissed Halle Berry. In 2025, Halle Berry kissed Adrien Brody on the Oscars red carpet as a "surpriseee."

Adrien Brody took home the award for best actor at the Oscars for his performance in "The Brutalist", fending off Ralph Fiennes ("Conclave"), Sebastian Stan ("The Apprentice"), Timothee Chalamet ("A Complete Unknown") and Colman Domingo ("Sing Sing").