Brendan Fraser shared the impact transforming into a 600-pound recluse in 'The Whale' had on him. The actor noted that he wanted to become 'unrecognizable' as his character, Charlie.
Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what clicked this week in entertainment.Fraser, 53, plays Charlie, a reclusive English teacher nearing the end of his life. About a month into filming, the movie’s director, Darren Aronofsky, said that the actor was"all pedal and no gas."
"I was feeling poorly — it would’ve been a failure," Fraser said in an interview with Vanity Fair."Darren said, ‘We're going to come back and do this tomorrow. You peaked.' He said, ‘It happens — you peaked.'"Fraser noted to the outlet that he took on this role to push himself."I wanted to know what I was capable of," he said.
"If there’s no risk, then why bother?" Fraser said."I want to learn from the people I’m working with at this point in my career. I’ve had such variety, a lot of high highs and low lows, so what I’m keen for, in the second half of my time doing this, is to feel like I’m contributing to the craft and I’m learning from it. This is a prime opportunity. I wanted to disappear into it. My hope was that I would become unrecognizable.
Brendan Fraser is making his return to Hollywood after being away for several years. He is most notably known for his role in "The Mummy" series. is adapted from a play by Samuel D. Hunter that focuses on the life of a 600-pound man named Charlie, who is seeking to reunite with his estranged teenage daughter after abandoning his wife and child for a gay lover. Charlie became morbidly obese after developing a compulsive eating disorder to deal with his lover's death.
Fraser stars alongside"Stranger Things" actress Sadie Sink, who plays his 17-year-old daughter, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton and Ty Simpkins. for Fraser's career as it is his first leading role in almost a decade."The Mummy" star has roles this year in Martin Scorsese's latest western film"Killers of the Flower Moon" and played the leading antagonist in HBO's now-canceled"Batgirl" movie as Garfield Lynns — the villain known as Firefly.
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