Brendan Fraser made an incredible comeback at the Venice Film Festival. Known for his roles as a muscular adventurer in 1990s comedies, the actor received a long 6-minute standing ovation on Saturday for his role in The whaleby Darren Aronofsky.
the actor of The Mummy Where Journey to the Center of the EarthHe plays Charlie, a 500-pound man who can no longer leave his house and barely manages to get up from his couch.
“The most heroic character by far”
According to the actor, it is “the most complicated role” he has “ever played.” He confesses the following: “Charlie is by far the most heroic character I’ve ever played.”
During filming, “I learned to move in a whole new way, I developed muscles that I didn’t even know I had,” adds the actor, also known for george of the jungle.
For this incredible transformation, Brendan Fraser had to spend no less than six hours a day putting on makeup. Each day he was carried in a suit that weighed between 50 and 300 pounds depending on the setting.
This experience also changed his view of obesity: “I learned that you had to be an incredible person physically and mentally to inhabit such a body.”
If the actor, fallen into relative oblivion, has had fewer film roles in recent years, we have seen him in many series. He appeared in the cult series. scrubsIn the early 2000s, Brendan Fraser then multiplied roles on the small screen. We saw it in 2015 in the historical series texas uprisingwith Bill Paxton, Ray Liotta and Olivier Martinez.
We also met him in the series. The case, with Dominic West and Maura Tierney. But also in Condorthe series based on the movie The three days of the condor. He also walked his now most massive figure in the series. Confidenceabout the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, then in doom patrolin 2020. It finally embodies in professionals billionaire peter swann
His return to the screen as DC Comics villain Garfield Lynns (Firefly) was, unfortunately, put on hold. Warner canceled the film’s release. Bat girl.
Source: BFM TV
