The Whale Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser does his best, but the script and characterisation let down even the best of the actors.

The last act borrows heavily from Dead Poets Society and Lars Von Trier’s (far superior) Breaking the Waves. What she’s required to do in The Whale is more likely to earn her a Golden Raspberry. With the appearance of Charlie’s estranged daughter, Ellie (Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink), the mood turns shouty. It’s a giggle for the ages – impish and blithe. His performance as Charlie, a gay, morbidly obese professor with a Christ-complex, won the 53-year-old actor a six-minute standing ovation at the [Venice Film Festival](https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/venice-film-festival-fashion-intrigue-harry-styles-florence-pugh-b1023472.html) and is virtually guaranteed a Best Actor nomination at the 2023 Oscar. When the Zooms are over, he crams chocolate and pizza into his mouth and masturbates to porn.

Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley, who starred in the 2000 Harold Ramis film Bedazzled, reunite at a screening of Fraser's new film, The Whale.

Twenty-two years after Bedazzled, it's a treat for viewers to see Hurley and Fraser together again, but it's even more satisfying to see Fraser supported by his peers after the hardships that kept him out of the limelight for so long. [Bedazzled](https://screenrant.com/tag/bedazzled/) co-stars Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley reunite at a screening of [The Whale](https://screenrant.com/tag/the-whale/). Since Bedazzled, Hurley hasn't starred in many features either, though her many television roles include [Morgan le Fay in Hulu and Marvel's ](https://screenrant.com/runaways-season-3-villain-cast-elizabeth-hurley/) [Runaways](https://screenrant.com/runaways-season-3-villain-cast-elizabeth-hurley/). In the film, Fraser played geeky office worker Elliot who makes a deal with the Devil (Hurley) in order to land the girl of his dreams. At the Toronto International Film Festival, where a screening of The Whale earned one of several standing ovations, After a decade without leading roles in feature films, Fraser is back in the spotlight as the [ star of Darren Aronofsky film ](https://screenrant.com/whale-brendan-fraser-standing-ovation-nyff-video/) [The Whale,](https://screenrant.com/whale-brendan-fraser-standing-ovation-nyff-video/) which has already generated Oscar buzz for the actor.

Brendan Fraser continues to gain the adoration of the internet. The actor is currently promoting his latest film The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky.

The Whale has now been screened at the London Film Festival and Fraser ended the night with tears of joy once more. Last month, the film debuted at Venice Film Festival and reportedly received an incredible six-minute standing ovation reducing Fraser to tears. Brendan Fraser continues to gain the adoration of the internet.

Brendan Fraser was also smiles after he made a rare red carpet-appearance with his partner, Jeanne Moore...

'The Whale' writer says new Brendan Fraser movie shows the opposite side of Hollywood fatphobia.

It's an impossible role to fill with a real person dealing with those issues." You have to walk in the door," he finishes. "I wanted to write this character from a place of love and write a character who had this unwavering faith in human beings as his life was kind of falling apart around him." "I understand why people have some of those reactions because, look, the history of portraying people suffering with obesity in cinema is not good, they are fundamentally objects of derision or jokes, or they're completely one-dimensional. Hunter doesn't see criticism for his characterization of a 600-pound gay man struggling with life-threatening obesity as a challenge to the film's success. Instead, he sees the movie as an opportunity to show audiences a portrait of humanity Hollywood rarely explores.

Three men wearing suits and smiling pose in front of a film festival backdrop. Director Darren Aronofsky, from right, Brendan Fraser and screenwriter Samuel D.

“I wasn’t surprised by the blowback, because of the history of the way that obesity is treated on film. In the A24 drama Fraser plays Charlie, a gay man who is dying as a result of his weight issues. “It’s an impossible role to fill with a real person dealing with those issues.” President Philip Berk inappropriately touched him at an event in 2003. Berk apologized but admitted to no wrongdoing. “Outside of not being able to find an actor who could pull off the emotions of the role, it just becomes a crazy chase. This is an addiction.’” The film’s screenwriter Samuel D. And we live in cynical and reactionary times.” Each day on set Fraser spent four hours in makeup and getting fitted for prosthetics. This is an illness. Like, if you can’t find a 600-pound actor, is a 300-pound actor or 400-pound actor enough?”