{"id":1574438,"date":"2022-07-27T15:31:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T19:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1574438"},"modified":"2022-07-27T15:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T19:31:10","slug":"brendan-fraser-dons-a-fatsuit-in-the-whale-for-his-big-hollywood-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brendan-fraser-dons-a-fatsuit-in-the-whale-for-his-big-hollywood-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Fraser Dons A Fatsuit In \u2018The Whale\u2019 For His Big Hollywood Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrendan-fraser-dons-a-fatsuit-in-the-whale-for-his-big-hollywood-comeback%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1574438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Brendan Fraser is coming back to Hollywood in a big way. Literally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old actor will star in the new Darren Aronofsky drama \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\">The Whale<\/a>,\u201d which premieres at the 2022 Venice Film Festival in early September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Independent film producer A24 just released a first look at the new movie about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/obesity\">600-pound man<\/a>\u00a0struggling to reconnect with his 17-year-old daughter. Fraser will play Charlie, who abandoned his family for a man and then turned to food for comfort when his lover died, which led to his excessive weight gain. It\u2019s based on a play by the same name written by Samuel D. Hunter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Besides Fraser, the cast will include \u201cStranger Things\u201d actress Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, and Ty Simpkins, per <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/the-whale-first-look-brendan-fraser-darren-aronofsky-1235325042\/\">Variety<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be like something you haven\u2019t seen before,\u201d Fraser told Unilad last year about the role. \u201cThat\u2019s really all I can tell you\u2026The wardrobe and costume was extensive, seamless, cumbersome. This is certainly far removed from anything I\u2019ve ever done but not to be coy\u2026I do know it\u2019s going to make a lasting impression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDoom Patrol\u201d actor will wear a fat suit to portray Charlie.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Premiering at the 79th Venice Film Festival \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<br \/>\u2022 Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s THE WHALE starring Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink<br \/>\u2022 Joanna Hogg&#8217;s THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER starring Tilda Swinton<br \/>\u2022 Ti West&#8217;s PEARL starring Mia Goth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AxlAbhWDRo\">pic.twitter.com\/AxlAbhWDRo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A24 (@A24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A24\/status\/1551979707310170113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Though Fraser has been acting in more minor roles over the past few years, \u201cThe Whale\u201d is significant as it\u2019s the actor\u2019s first leading part since the 2013 direct-to-DVD action movie \u201cBreakout.\u201d This is causing fans to call \u201cThe Whale\u201d a comeback for the Canadian-American actor. Later this year, he will also have parts in Martin Scorsese\u2019s Western \u201cKillers of the Flower Moon\u201d and the DC superhero flick \u201cBatgirl.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/12616252196\/posts\/pfbid02nd9U5XNi4ZxGQ2aviiCzHTcd4JRn6raUmHS5sfQksohVo66TRHFfK95zEFoajC7Sl\/?d=n&#038;mibextid=yXl5NR\">comments<\/a> were flooded with support for Fraser in his new role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGotta be honest, I\u2019m rooting for Brendan Fraser. This does feel like a crying movie but I\u2019ll give it a go,\u201d one fan shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man deserves the career revival he\u2019s been having the last few years. I wish nothing but great things for him. Hope he sweeps awards this upcoming season,\u201d another person agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOscar nomination incoming,\u201d a third commenter predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Some worried that the \u201cGeorge of the Jungle\u201d star would get in trouble with critics for wearing a fat suit and \u201cappropriating obesity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like Brendan Fraser, so I am worried hes going to get a load of sh** for wearing a fat suit. They\u2019re generally frowned upon these days,\u201d someone pointed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan Fraser is coming back to Hollywood in a big way. Literally.\u00a0 The 53-year-old actor will star in the new Darren Aronofsky drama \u201cThe Whale,\u201d which premieres at the 2022 Venice Film Festival in early September.\u00a0 Independent film producer A24 just released a first look at the new movie about a 600-pound man\u00a0struggling to reconnect &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}