Brendan Fraser Performs 600 Lb. Trainer – Hollywood Life

The primary trailer for Brendan Fraser‘s comeback film, The Whale, was launched on Tuesday, November 8, and it gives a glimpse at this completely completely different position for the beloved actor. Brendan performs a 600-pound English trainer named Charlie seeking to reconnect together with his estranged 17-year-old daughter, performed by Stranger Issues star Sadie Sink.

“Do you ever get the sensation persons are incapable of not caring?” a visibly-obese Charlie says within the trailer, as we see flashes of his daughter Ellie and his nurse Liz, performed by Hong Chau. Charlie additionally says, “Persons are wonderful.”

The Darren Aronofsky characteristic movie relies on the 2012 play written by Samuel D. Hunter. Brendan underwent a outstanding transformation to play the position of an overweight man. He’s been receiving Oscar buzz for the film, which comes out Dec. 9. Brendan acquired standing ovations at The Whale‘s premiere at Venice Movie Competition in early September and on the BFI London Movie Competition the next month. Followers have additionally been praising the actor for his first main position after 2013’s Breakout.

Brendan’s huge position marks his comeback gig after battling despair for years that started after he was allegedly sexually assaulted by the previous president of the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, Philip Berk, in 2003. He didn’t make his allegations public till he sat down for an interview with GQ in 2018 when the #MeToo motion gained main steam in Hollywood. The Mummy star opened up concerning the despair he felt after the entire ordeal and stated it made him “retreat” and “really feel reclusive.

Earlier than The Whale began getting Oscar buzz, Brendan opened up about taking part in his new position, in an interview, and promised it was in contrast to something he’s ever carried out earlier than. “It’s gonna be like one thing you haven’t seen earlier than,” he, informed Unilad final yr whereas discussing the highly-anticipated film. “The wardrobe and costume was in depth, seamless, cumbersome. That is actually far faraway from something I’ve ever carried out however to not be coy … I do realize it’s going to make an enduring impression.”