“I was in the desert and I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs, but you found me”, the actor expressed to Aronofsky, who returned him to the cinema of the highest level after many years lost in television and films without repercussions. What’s more, Fraser believes that the director showed him the way. “You just showed me where to go to get where I needed to be.”
“If you’re like Charlie, who I played in this movie, you struggle with obesity or just feel like you’re in a dark sea, I want you to know that if you too can have the strength to stand up and go to the light, good things will happen,” he said, holding back tears.
Brendan Fraser speech critics choice awards
In The WhaleFraser takes on the role of Charlie, a man afflicted with severe obesity who is dealing with the loss of a love while trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter, played by the actress of stranger things, Sadie Sink.
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