Brendan Fraser, who in TheWhale wears a costume commonly known as a fat suit, recognizes they're often used 'in service of a cheap joke', but says that isn't the case here. In fact, Fraser won't even call it a fat suit. 'You’ll never hear me say that.'
Brendan Fraser refuses to refer to the costume he used for The Whale as a fat suit. A fat suit is a bodysuit used to thicken the appearance of an actor, and it’s often used for comedic effect. The Whale doesn’t use the suit with humorous intent but it was considered crucial to portraying Charlie accurately. Starring Fraser, Stranger Things’s Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, and Hong Chau, The Whale follows Charlie, a 600-pound English teacher who wishes to reconnect with his daughter .
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY In a video interview with Deadline, The Whale star Brendan Fraser says that he’ll never call the costume he wore a fat suit. Fraser stresses that the prosthetic suit had to be cumbersome, it had to obey the laws of physics and gravity, in order to fully put Fraser in the shoes of a 600-pound man with mobility issues. When reminded that the costume is commonly branded as a fat suit, Fraser said, “You’ll never hear me say that.
Fraser: It was cumbersome, with good reason. Because putting an actor in a costume, an apparatus, to emulate weight gain for the character has, in years past, cut the corner on authenticity. It’s normally the silhouette of a costume that’s worn by a fairly athletic actor and it’s in service of a cheap joke or to vilify a character—Fraser: You’ll never hear me say that.Why The Whale Deserves All Its Oscar Buzz The role of Charlie has given Fraser a lot of Oscar buzz.
Aronofsky and The Whale cinematographer Matthew Libatique’s decision to go with a tight, boxy 1.33 aspect ratio really emphasized Charlie’s size, making him seem very much like the titular reference in certain shots. The literary references and the script’s attention to religion and faith set up and crescendo toward the film’s cathartic finale. Here, The Whale scribe Samuel D.
The Whale is an exhibition of talent all around, but the performance that will follow viewers out of the theater is Fraser’s. To see him open up about the role and continue to be an advocate for those living with obesity and mental health while promoting the film is endearing and overall a good look for him, as Oscar nominations are to be announced at the end of January.
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