Brendan Fraser

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[groped by former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk](https://www.avclub.com/brendan-fraser-says-he-was-groped-by-ex-hfpa-president-1823237740), and believes that the fallout from that interaction left him all but blacklisted for over a decade. I wanted to know what I was capable of.” That’s the start of an Oscar campaign if we’ve ever heard one. On Sunday night, Darren Aronofsky’s new film The Whale premiered in Venice, where it received a six-minute standing ovation. Now, there is new clapping to talk about and it may even move you (not clickbait!). The actor told Club, we know that there’s nothing that our readers care about more than how many minutes people clap for after a movie premieres at a European film festival.

The 2022 Venice Film Festival is halfway through its run and, as expected, the movie event has brought together a slate of titles that have become this ...

The trailer for the movie is yet to be released. Clearly moved and trying to fight back tears, Fraser does an exaggerated bow and prepares to exit the theater, but is prompted to stay due to the continuous roar of applause. The 2022 Venice Film Festival is halfway through its run and, as expected, the movie event has brought together a slate of titles that have become this year’s standouts, and we’ll certainly hear from them in the months to come.

Prosthetic or no, it's hard to imagine anyone else in the lead role of Darren Aronofsky's new film, which premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

Well, yes, but in the old, original meaning of the word: He evokes sympathy and sadness, not ridicule or contempt. He could and should go to the hospital, but he refuses, citing a lack of health insurance. The food isn’t so much food as it is a metaphor for all the hurt and pain he’s absorbed. Once everything finally collides in The Whale, something shattering and beautiful and honest emerges. But here’s the thing: The film is built around the idea of revulsion, and extreme consumption. When he talks to people, his eyes are wide and inquisitive, and there’s a half-smile on his face. The whole thing is a metaphor, and as such it’s pitched a few degrees off from reality. The buzz around the movie grew and grew that night and the following day, so that by the time I saw The Whale at its actual premiere in the Sala Grande, the place seemed ready to explode. [Samuel Hunter’s play](https://www.vulture.com/2012/11/theater-review-the-whale.html), it’s the story of Charlie, a 600 lb. He always seemed like a sweet guy who was just happy to be there, but he never seemed like a joke. And explode it did, as soon as the end credits started rolling. They all seemed surprised to have found themselves so devastated by the movie, and in particular by Brendan Fraser’s performance.

Brendan Fraser is having a moment at the Venice International Film Festival. The once ubiquitous movie star of "The Mummy" franchise and "George of the ...

"His superpower is to see the good in others and bring that out of them." "For someone like Charlie to see that there's good in someone like Ellie, it's throwing her for a loop." "I thought the only way I can do it is if I write it from a profoundly place of love and empathy. "The last few years, so many of us have lost so much. In the rough cut, Aronofsky said he was relieved to find that it didn't feel claustrophobic. But he's mostly just glad to be back with his first film since 2017's "Mother!" Aronofsky and his actors could be poised to leave with trophies in hand this year, too. "To a lot of Sam Hunter's pain, it took me 10 years to make this movie and that's because it took me 10 years to cast," Aronofsky said. One line in particular stuck out to him: "People are incapable of not caring." Aronofsky has been trying to make "The Whale" for about 10 years. But Fraser is charting what could be a major comeback starting with his transformative role in Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale," which had its world premiere Sunday night at the festival. While the film already has pundits predicting Oscar nominations, Fraser is trying not to think about whether awards are in his future.

Millennial fave Brendan Fraser, who seemingly disappeared in the 2010s, makes a belated career comeback in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale. The movie may prove ...

In the wake of the profile came a groundswell of solidarity for the star who once dominated our childhoods. In a 2018 interview [with GQ](https://www.gq.com/story/what-ever-happened-to-brendan-fraser), he revealed all: his self-worth plummeted in the wake of an alleged sexual assault in 2003, followed by an aching sense of disillusionment. [Mummy](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-mummy-tom-cruise) trilogy, for one, and starred in such family rental favourites as George of the Jungle. It’s true that this is the sort of thing, where an actor eschews vanity for a boatload of makeup and prosthetics, that voting bodies love: just look at Gary Oldman’s wobbly Churchill facsimile in The Darkest Hour, or even Eddie Redmayne’s controversial take on a trans woman in The Danish Girl. But this was as much a display of collective relief as it was the product of catharsis. It seemed as though he’d waited for years, not so much for the recognition as to be vindicated; truthfully, he has.

The French festival is in full swing with everyone from resurgent Hollywood star Brendan Fraser to pop star Harry Styles kicking up excitement.

That is probably the best part of me," he said, speaking publicly for the first time about his transition. of whether to live or to die. You are born that way," he added. His second impact was in the theatre for the premiere of his new film Bones and All, where he received a 9-minute standing ovation. Brendan Fraser's Hollywood renaissance is in full swing at the 2022 Venice Film Festival with the release of his new film The Whale. At the start of the week, Pugh revealed that she would not be able to make it to the film's Venice press conference due to shooting conflicts.

Brendan Fraser returns to the big screen in The Whale, a new Darren Aronofsky film about a reclusive English teacher as he struggles with his health and ...

"I think it's definitely going to be a point of contention in the discourse. But after a sustained run as one of Hollywood's leading men, Fraser receded to the sidelines of TV and film in recent years. In it, Fraser discussed years of suffering from injuries (sustained from performing stunts during filming of The Mummy franchise), subsequent surgeries, personal loss and a divorce. A combination of prosthetics and CGI help Fraser as he portrays this character. This comes years after Fraser was at the height of his career. Actors and longtime fans alike took to social media to share their own happiness at the recognition Fraser received with this latest role.

Just over 20 years after one of Brendan Fraser's hit movies The Mummy Returns helped launch Dwayne Johnson's movie career, Johnson is praising Fraser's big ...

Whale: Just over 20 years after one of Brendan Fraser's hit movies The Mummy Returns helped launch Dwayne Johnson's movie career, Johnson is praising Fraser's big comeback movie, The Whale First role: Johnson's first major movie role came in 2001's The Mummy Returns, where he played The Scorpion King, while he was still best known as the WWE wrestler The Rock Just over 20 years after one of Brendan Fraser's hit movies The Mummy Returns helped launch Dwayne Johnson's movie career, Johnson is praising Fraser's big comeback movie, The Whale.

Brendan Fraser got emotional and cried as audiences at the Venice Film Festival gave a six-minute standing ovation after the premiere of 'The Whale.'

[posted on social media](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ljsBMfF104M) shows a teary Fraser reluctantly getting up as the audience, on its feet, claps and cheers for his performance. The film is based on Samuel D. Berk apologized but admitted no wrongdoing. Fraser rose to prominence in the 1990s as an action and comedy heartthrob in lighthearted films like 1992’s “Encino Man,” 1997’s “George of the Jungle” and 1999’s “The Mummy.” [drama](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-07-27/brendan-fraser-the-whale-transformation-a24-darren-aronofsky) from A24, in which Fraser donned prosthetics and makeup to play a 600-pound recluse who uses a wheelchair. The actor Brendan Fraser got emotional as audiences at the Venice Film Festival gave a six-minute standing ovation on Sunday after seeing the world premiere of his upcoming film “The Whale,” according to

The Rock posted a sweet tribute to his friend Brendan Fraser following his role in Darren Aronofsky's new film "The Whale."

Rooting for all your success brother and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky,” the former WWE star went on. [mainly stayed out of the spotlight](https://nypost.com/2021/10/25/brendan-fraser-books-batgirl-blockbuster-on-comeback-trail/) in recent years — is making his Hollywood comeback in “The Whale.” [ “The Whale.”](https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/brendan-fraser-unrecognizable-as-600-pound-man-in-the-whale/)

Brendan Fraser, the once ubiquitous movie star of 'The Mummy' franchise and 'George of the Jungle' had, in the last decade, backed away from the spotlight.

“His superpower is to see the good in others and bring that out of them.” “For someone like Charlie to see that there’s good in someone like Ellie, it’s throwing her for a loop.” He learned long ago on 1998′s Pi that boundaries are “your gateway to freedom.” On that film, he only had US$20,000 and a dream. “The last few years, so many of us have lost so much. “I was afraid to write it,” he said. Aronofsky and his actors could be poised to leave with trophies in hand this year, too. He said the festival is like home. I even felt a sense of vertigo at the end of the day when all the appliances were removed, as you would feel stepping off of a boat in Venice,” Fraser said. “To a lot of Sam Hunter’s pain, it took me 10 years to make this movie and that’s because it took me 10 years to cast,” Aronofsky said. While the film already has pundits predicting Oscar nominations, Fraser is trying not to think about whether awards are in his future. Aronofsky has been trying to make The Whale for about 10 years. But Fraser is charting what could be a major comeback starting with his transformative role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, which had its world premiere Sunday night at the festival.

Dwayne Johnson and Brendan Fraser were co-stars 21 years ago in "The Mummy Returns."

Johnson and Fraser also share a Hollywood connection thanks to Warner Bros.’ “Journey to the Center of the Earth” franchise. [broke down in tears](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/brendan-fraser-cries-the-whale-venice-standing-ovation-1235337836/) during the reception, a video of which shared by Variety co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh on Twitter has earned over 15.5 million views and counting. The actor is earning Oscar buzz and the best reviews of his career for his leading turn in Darren Aronofsky’s “ [The Whale](https://variety.com/t/the-whale/).”