Brendan Fraser gets ready for his latest role.
The 52-year-old is working with director Darren Aronofsky to appear as a “morbidly obese hermit” in “The Whale,” Variety reported Tuesday.
The film, an adaptation of the play by Samuel D. Hunter, focuses on a 600-year-old middle-aged man named Charlie who tries to reconnect with his 17-year-old daughter after leaving his family for a gay lover. . After his partner died, Charlie switched to compulsive eating to cope with his grief.
According to the selling price, ‘The Whale’ received much praise when he made his debut on Off-Broadway in 2012. It won the Drama Desk Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Performance.
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Brendan Fraser is playing Cliff Steele in the TV series ‘Doom Patrol’.
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This will be Aronofsky’s first film since 2017’s “Mother!” starring Jennifer Lawrence, a commercial bombshell. However, Aronofsky is also known for his other celebrated works, such as ‘Requiem for a Dream’ from 2000 and ‘Black Swan’ from 2010.
In 2018, Fraser told GQ that Philip Berk, former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, had touched him from behind in 2003. The actor admitted the incident made me withdraw.
Fraser also told the outlet that the HFPA had tried to get him to sign an agreement saying he was joking about his claim. Berk said Fraser’s version of the incident was a ‘total fabrication’.
Following the report, the HFPA said it had investigated Fraser’s claim.
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Brendan Fraser had earlier told GQ that he had been taking his own tricks for years, demanding a physical toll on his body.
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“[W]”We conducted an internal investigation and then took it upon ourselves to conduct an independent investigation into the matter to ensure impartiality,” the statement said. “We must comply with the investigation’s finding that the exchange is not an intended sexual progress was not. ‘
“The Mummy” star also told the outlet that he has taken a toll on his own stunts over the years.
“I believe I probably tried too hard, in a way that was destructive,” Fraser recalls. “By the time I made the third ‘Mummy’ picture in China [in 2008] I was assembled with tape and ice … I built an exoskeleton for myself daily. ‘
Fox News’ Kathleen Joyce contributed to this report.