Brendan Fraser says the role of dangerously obese teacher Charlie in the upcoming The Whale is “the biggest challenge” of his career. The Whale premiered this weekend at Venice Festival, and Fraser…
, and Fraser spoke today of the “great opportunity to step into the physical being of another man and tell the rich internal life story that he carries.”
“I needed to learn to move in a new way. I developed muscles I didn’t know I had. I even felt a sense of vertigo at the end of the day when the appliances were removed, that undulating feeling and that gave me an appreciation for those whose bodies are similar. I learned that you need to be an incredibly strong person physically, mentally, to inhabit that physical being.”
“Casting Charlie was a huge challenge. I considered everyone, all types of actors, every movie star, but none of it ever clicked, it didn’t move me. A couple of years ago, I caught a trailer from a low-budget Brazilian movie with Brendan, and a lightbulb went off.
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