Brendan Fraser met all the predictable bets at the awards ceremony Oscars 2023 and won the Best Leading Actor statuette for his role in the film The whale (La ballena). And how could it be otherwise, given the performer’s history, his speech became one of the most talked about moments of the night.
Visibly moved, with his ragged breathing and deep voice, we seemed to be listening to Charlie himself with his thousands of personal insecurities and issues. A personal storm that the actor himself went through throughout his career and which was reflected in his words on stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles at the 2023 Oscars.
“So this is what the multiverse looks like. Oh my. Thank you to the Academy for this honor and to the study A24 to make a movie like this. I am grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing me on a creative lifeline and taking me aboard the ship The Whale. Thanks to Samuel D. Hunter who is our beacon. They put their heart the size of a whale so that we can see what is in our souls like no other. It is an honor for me to have been nominated with you in this category”, began to explain Brendan Fraser, still not believing the statuette he was holding in his hands.
But the harshest confession was about to come shortly after acknowledging her co-star’s incredible work: “I want to tell you that only whales can swim in the depths of the talent of Hong Chay. I started in this business 30 years ago and things weren’t easy for me but there was a simplicity that I didn’t appreciate until it stopped.”
It’s not a simple situation for many actors when roles stop coming after being a box office hit in theaters. This, added to the accusations that the interpreter had to face, led him to cinematic oblivion from which he resurfaced like a phoenix.
“I want to thank you for this recognition because I couldn’t have done it without my team. It’s like I’m diving in an expedition to the bottom of the ocean and the surface air is monitored by some people of my life. , like my children, Holden, Leland and Griffin, I love you, Griffy. My manager Joanne Kalona, Jennifer Plant. And my best friend forever Jeanne. Thank you again, everyone. I am very grateful to all. Good night”, concluded the interpreter.