It took Hollywood legend Darren Aronofsky a decade to find an actor to play a 600-pound man whalethen set his sights on Brendan Fraser.
But Fraser revealed the real reason Aranofsky cast him in the Oscar-winning role of Charlie during an off-the-record chat at the Red Sea Film Festival on Sunday. “He was looking for an actor he hadn’t seen in a long time. He told me. That was me. He wanted to reintroduce the actor through a transformative performance, one element of which was the person you least expected to come in. Play this role,” Fraser recalled.
That’s all well and good for Frazier, who added that he was very pleased with the “Renaissance” meme to highlight one of Hollywood’s most memorable career comebacks. “Yeah, look at me,” he said on stage in Balad, Saudi Arabia’s old city of Jeddah, flashing his trademark laugh.
But Fraser added that he prefers to describe his disappearance from Hollywood before starring in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” whale More of a mid-career break than a slump. “Breaks are important in any job. It’s been a rollercoaster in my career. It’s up, it’s down, it’s sideways. It’s been in the dark. It’s been so exciting. ,” he recalled.
Frazier insists he made the most of his break. “I use this time to look back and think from within so I can whale,he revealed. He cooked in the kitchen, learned archery and raised Pecas, his late horse he first met on the set of the History Channel series, Texas Rising.
The career hiatus came after a dizzying rise in Hollywood, starting with his starring role in ” encinoman 1992.
Then his first box office hit was george of the jungle In 1997, this made him a bona fide Hollywood star. “It was really exciting. I didn’t like the movement part, though. It hurt. I had to do it a lot,” Frazier added.
george of the jungle It also made him an overnight success, which surprised Frasier because every performance was actually a bad take. “What you think you’re going to do is a very different thing than what you create and the outcome. When that movie came out, it had widespread appeal internationally and attracted a lot of monkeys,” he recalls.
Another career-high starring role mummy Playing explorer Rick O’Connell, he starred opposite Rachel Weisz on set in Morocco. “We didn’t know what the movie was about. Is it a comedy, a horror movie, an adventure movie? It plays very fast, like a roller coaster,” Fraser said.
He also had a dramatic transformation gods and monsters, quiet american and Journey to the Center of the EarthFraser said there were problems with the show’s original script adaptation. But these problems were solved on set, and digital 3D production was introduced early on.
“What’s most exciting is that this is about testing new technologies for 3D filmmaking and projection and the use of sunglasses that are now ubiquitous,” Fraser said.
But with whale – A chamber piece about a reclusive, morbidly obese man struggling to find redemption – Fraser shot a film during COVID-19 that he thinks might never have been made if not for the pandemic Business hits.
“We took this photo in the winter before vaccinations became popular. If it were made today, I don’t know if it would be seen,” Fraser said. Illness and death are widespread in the pandemic era, and concerns about the health of everyone around them are apparently transferred to the screen for moviegoers to watch whale.
“We take great care of each other’s health, and we all have a collective experience of wondering if there will be a tomorrow. I know that this intangible will show through the audience’s reception,” Fraser explain.
Success and whale That included an unforgettable world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which had already generated a strong response during press screenings and later left Fraser in tears during a six-minute standing ovation from the Lido audience.
“This is my first time in Venice and I haven’t seen the film in its entirety, completely locked in. I know the message behind it will either resonate and make people really re-evaluate us when judging the ones we love The risk is often one of thinking you really know something or it may be forgotten indefinitely,” Fraser said.
Ultimately, as Aronofsky thought, whale This was transformative for Fraser, who insisted he wanted to simply be a professional actor early in his career. “Look, I’ve been in a lot of movies where I’ve been on fire, on top of buildings, driving fast cars, and all the fun and dangerous places. But to make a movie that was the biggest emotional commitment I’ve ever done, I’m grateful movie,” he said of his star turn in Aronofsky’s classic.
The Red Sea Film Festival runs until December 14th.
