Adrien Brody just added a second Academy Award to his trophy cabinet. On Sunday, the 51-year-old actor won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. But while he’s been praised for his role in the film, fans on social media focused on something else at last night’s event.

As he walked towards the stage to accept his award, Brody spat out his gum—and did something fans have branded “disgusting.”

Adrien Brody has had a remarkable career. Even so, the 51-year-old actor’s status isn’t quite that of a Hollywood superstar. In 2003, he became the youngest person to win the Oscar for Best Actor when, at age 29, he received one for his performance in The Pianist. Timothy Chalamet would later break the record.

Many might argue that receiving an Academy Award is guaranteed to cement one’s spot as an A-list Hollywood superstar. However, Brody didn’t quite acheive that level of fame and popularity. He appeared in Peter Jackson’s 2005 movie King Kong, among other credits, and the actor has appeared in several Wes Anderson movies such as The Darjeeling Limited and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon managed to secure significant roles in highly praised films following their successes. But while Brody’s peers went straight to the top, Brody had a harder time of things, and he was rejected for many roles. Speaking with Variety, Adrien explained that he had experienced this before. As a teenager, he debuted in the PBS movie Home at Last, but struggled to get a role thereafter.

“I’ve had to prove that the leading man can be unusual and unique and not typically handsome,” Brody explained. “But oftentimes, somewhat nondescript-looking choices are easier. Safer”

Sadly, many movie executives and casting agents didn’t see him as capable of a leading role.

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“It was often told to my representatives, and my representatives would share that with me,” he said.