brendan fraser he won the best actor award in the Critics Awards for The whale (The whale) and his speech was the most emotional part of the delivery. In the film of the consecration, the actor plays an obese teacher who won’t stop eating because he suffers from a deep depression.
Fraser’s speech was the night’s most moving moment and was spotted by networks with wholesale congratulations and redemption lines for an actor who seemed forgotten.
As soon as he heard his name as the winner and after the obligatory hugs, Fraser took the stage, gave a warning about the critics (“There are only five critics in America, the rest are sleeping”) and was more than happy to be chosen.
It happened in Los Angeles during the 28th edition of the Critic’s Choice Awards. The 54-year-old actor thanked and praised his fellow cast members. appointed hongchau Y Sadie Sink and, of course, highlighted the director’s care Darren Aronofsky.
Visibly moved, he said: “I was in the desert and I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs, but you found me,” he said, looking at Aronofsky. Why the metaphor? Because the director put the actor in The Mummy to the fore after years of losing substance in projects without the slightest artistic repercussion. “You just showed me where to go to get where I needed to be,” he told the ever-famous Aronofsky the black Swan.
Fraser, who is now leading by ten squares in the competition to win an Oscar, added a reflection on the film The whale: “It’s about love,” he said, “about recovery. Try to find light in a dark place and I’m so lucky to have worked with such an amazing group of people.”
self help message
He continued visibly excited and with an understated self-help message: “If you’re like Charlie, who I played in this movie, struggle with obesity, or just feel like you’re in a dark sea, I want you to know that if you too can have the strength to get up and walk towards the light, really good things will happen“.
Highlighted as the most stellar figure of the installment, the actor was left speechless: “This is more than can be said” and stressed that the film, more than a film, is a leap of faith: “Let’s approach this job as if it were the first and last time that we had the opportunity to do this kind of thing. I think it can help you do a lot of good.”
From The whale (The whale) has made its way into festivals – the first was at the Venice Film Festival – there is talk of Fraser and a sort of “great comeback”. Of course, the actor was by no means retired, just that the repercussions of Aronofsky’s latest film are “fattening” the project’s aspirations: these awards, the Critic’s Choice Awards, are considered a prestigious prelude to the Oscar.
A middle aged man 272 kilos named Charlie tries to reconnect with his 17 year old daughter. The two split after Charlie left his family for her gay lover, who later died. Charlie replaced the pain and guilt of overeating.
As we said, this psychological drama had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, in September 2022, receiving a standing ovation lasting several minutes, including extra applause from timed in six minutes for Fraser.
On January 24, it will finally be known whether Fraser will be nominated for Best Actor ahead of the Oscars. The 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood will take place on March 12.
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Source: Clarin
