Brendan Fraser: I Starved Myself for ‘George of the Jungle’ Role

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Brendan Fraser: I Starved Myself for ‘George of the Jungle’ Role
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Brendan Fraser opened up about how his role in GeorgeOfTheJungle physically affected him.

published on Tuesday, December 6. “I would drive home after work and stop to get something to eat. I needed some cash one day, and I went to the ATM, and I couldn’t remember my PIN number because my brain was misfiring. Banging on the thing. I didn’t eat that night.”parody film lacked wardrobe options since he only donned “a loincloth.” Despite the terrible conditions, the 1990s film, which also starred, went on to be a box office hit.

Four years after the actor came forward with the allegations, he spoke out against how the HFPA handled the situation. In November 2022, he claimed inthat both Berk and himself had to sign a statement that declared the incident “was intended to be taken as a joke and not as a sexual advance.” “I knew they would close ranks,” Fraser said at the time. “I knew they would kick the can down the road. I knew they would get ahead of the story. I knew that I certainly had no future with that system as it was.”actor kickstarted a comeback for his acting career by appearing in various projects, including

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