At the 2003 Oscars, five actors competed for the best actor statuette, namely Jack Nicholson, Adrien Brody, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, and finally Daniel Day-Lewis.

But just before the big night, the Shining

star

asked his colleagues to boycott the ceremony in protest against the war in Iraq.

Only, for Adrien Brody, it was unthinkable to play conscientious objector that evening.

The actor was competing for his role in

Roman Polanski's

The Pianist .

Out of the question

“I said, 'I don't know about you guys, but I'm going.

I'm a little forced to show myself.

My parents are coming.

It's not something that happens very often.

I know you guys are all winners.

You can sit on it.

But I can't,'” Adrien Brody recalled in an interview with The

Sunday Times

.

In the end, all the actors in the running came, including Jack Nicholson!

And Adrien Brody had done well to bring his parents since it was he who had won the Oscar for best actor.

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