The first reason for this brendan fraser He is a favorite for winning the Oscar on March 12 thanks to his work. ‘Whale’In the guise of a morbidly obese man who tries to reconcile with his daughter before he dies, Hollywood’s tendency to reward interpreters who undergo extreme physical transformations, even if they are fake. Instead of eating pizza and hamburgers, he resorted to prosthetics and digital effects to bring a 250-pound man to life.
Second, more importantly, figurine handers they’re crazy about narratives of rise, fall, and resurrection, and Fraser’s journey fits this typology like a glove. Because until very recently, before we got a standing ovation at festivals like festivals. Venice Film Festival and prizes at galas Critics’ Choice Awardsand starred in a series of eulogies in the press and viral meme, Searching his name on Google has yielded almost exclusively text with the following text: “What happened to Brendan Fraser?” by title.
versatility
Long before that, since the mid-90s, Its value in the industry has increased rapidly thanks to this versatility that allows it to use both brave as a jester -often at the same time- and moving fluently between comedy, drama and action cinema.
In the saga, we saw him fighting hordes of zombies. ‘Mummy’ and jumping from liana to liana “George of the Jungle”. Traveled the world with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. “Looney Tunes: Back at Work” It gained prestige thanks to titles such as ‘Gods and Monsters’ And ‘Accident’. He adopted Elizabeth Hurley as his special Mephistopheles. ‘Devil to devil’ and even showered with Matt Damon ‘Private school’. And then, a little over a decade ago, it seemed to disappear from the map for no apparent reason.
It wasn’t until 2018, thanks to his confessions. GQ Magazine, we learned about the emotional wounds he inflicted afton smith divorce mother of three children, the eldest Griffin is autistic, death of his mother; seven years spent between hospitals having two laminectomies knee replacement and vocal cord repair in both vertebrae; And inappropriate touch allegedly suffering from hands in 2003 Philip BerckHe was then president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which he then believes was blacklisted.
resurface
His resurrection, to tell the truth, did not begin with him. ‘Whale’. Thanks in part to the back-to-back campaigns that fans have started on social networks before and who knows in part. request their rehabilitationnot only did she make a few television appearances that were somewhat significant, she also landed two separate roles. ‘No Sudden Movement’, Steven Soderbergh’s ‘thriller’ released in 2021 “Moon Killers” Martin Scorsese’s crime drama to be released this year.
However, today his name would not be on the lips of all Hollywood If it weren’t for the movie that’s coming to Spanish cinemas right now, this would be a genre to him. Honors he’s never had before, And maybe with whom he had even stopped dreaming.