A few weeks ago, Brendan Fraser appeared on the blue carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York and clearly did not go unnoticed. The actor, who has kept a profile away from the spotlight and even from social networks, drew the attention of the attendees and the international media by showing off a considerable weight gain.
And it is that, the actor has shown his professionalism by gaining almost 200 kilos for his last performance in the new film by Darren Aronofsky, ‘The Whale’, where he gives life to a man of 272 kilos.
“You’re going to see something you’ve never seen before,” the actor said in an interview in 2021. “That’s really all I can tell you. The wardrobe and the wardrobe were gigantic, seamless, cumbersome. This is a far cry from everything.” what I’ve done before, but I don’t want to be shy… I know it’s going to make a lasting impression,” Fraser teased shortly after filming wrapped.
This week the first images of the film were released and have caused a great commotion on social networks. In them, the actor is seen in the skin of Charlie, a lonely English teacher who suffers from morbid obesity and decides to fight to meet his daughter Ellie, a 17-year-old teenager played by the actress of ‘Stranger Things’, Sadie Sink .
‘The Whale’, which will premiere in early August at the Venice Film Festival, also marks the return of Aronofsky, whose last film, ‘Mother’, did not have the expected reception at the box office and critics were divided among those who considered it brilliant and who directly advised not to see it.
It also means the return of Fraser. Although the actor had a supporting role in Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Not One False Step’ last year, The Whale ‘positions him as the big star he has proven himself to be for decades.
This year, in addition, he will premiere other projects in which he is part of the cast such as ‘Batgirl’, the film about the heroine of Gotham City in which Leslie Grace, Michael Keaton and JK Simmons also star; in addition to the horror film, ‘Behind the Curtain of Night’, with Marcia Cross; and Martin Scorsese’s new bet, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.