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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe first official trailer for The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, has been released. Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film features Fraser as a 600-pound man named Charlie, who has steadily turned into a recluse. Stranger Things star Sadie Sink plays Charlie’s daughter, Ellie, with whom he’s trying to rebuild a relationship. Ahead of the film opening in cinemas next year, limited…

Brendan Fraser ruled the box office in the latter part of the '90s and early 2000s with hits such as George of the Jungle, Bedazzled, and two of the best action movies of all time, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. But in the 2010s, Fraser wasn't being offered the same types of leading roles, and his star seemed to fade. Well, he's finally back and starring in a role that appears to be career-defining; Darren Aronofsky's The Whale. Fraser's performance has been getting a lot of praise, including an emotional six-minute…

As the 2023 awards season approaches, Brendan Fraser seems to be the current frontrunner for the Best Actor race at the Academy Awards, due to his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale. On the festival circuit, the movie has received massive praise and standing ovations and, at TIFF, Fraser was honored with an award -- and the crowd had an emotional reaction to seeing him on stage. The actor’s The Mummy Returns co-star, Dwayne Johnson, has also been watching his buddy's comeback and is all in on Fraser reaching…

Brendan Fraser has addressed his part in creating a traffic jam while filming George of the Jungle, 25 years ago. The actor stars in the new Darren Aronofsky film The Whale, which marks his triumphant return to Hollywood after a long battle with depression. Prior to this, he also played the lead in the children’s comedy film George of the Jungle in 1997. He starred as George who’d been abandoned in the jungle as a child and had been raised on the ways of the animals. Eventually, his burgeoning romance with a…

The public has seen a number of major developments in the entertainment industry over the past year. But one that’s arguably filled many fans with the most joy is Brendan Fraser’s comeback. The beloved actor has come back to the spotlight in full force, and people have since referred to this resurgence as the “Brennaisance.” Fraser is a star that truly peaked in Hollywood and, before all of the recent buzz, it’d been a while since fans had seen him appear in film and TV productions on a regular basis. Some may be…

Brendan Fraser has explained why he thinks Tom Cruise’s 2017 The Mummy reboot flopped.The 53-year-old actor, who played the role of Rick O’Connell in the original film The Mummy and its two sequels, said that Cruise’s reboot of the film “was too much of a straight-ahead horror”.In his cover story with Variety, Fraser said that “it is hard to make that movie”.“The ingredient that we had going for our Mummy, which I didn’t see in that film, was fun,” he said of Cruise’s critically derided film. “That was what was lacking in…

Photo: Jeff Spicer (Getty Images)As Brendan Fraser embarks on a tour for his current Darren Aronofsky film The Whale, the Mummy star has talked about his feelings toward Warner Brothers Discovery over its decision to cancel Batgirl. The actor was to be featured as the DC film’s villain Firefly in the superhero spin-off directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Ms. Marvel) for HBO Max.Describing the situation as “tragic” to Variety, Fraser was honest about how it affects talent in the industry at large. “It doesn’t…

Everyone is happy and embracing actor Brendan Fraser’s triumphant return to the Hollywood limelight, especially his new co-stars. In fact, it appears Fraser was so nice on the set of The Whale that it actually made it harder for other actors’ to carry out their more intense scenes. Fraser is receiving rave reviews for his latest film Darren Aronofsky’s newest flick, even earning himself several standing ovations at various film festival premieres. Samantha Morton, who plays Fraser’s ex-wife in the film, told…

Image: Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI The renaissance of Brendan Fraser had been one of the most breathtakingly wholesome trends in the last few years of cinema, and the man himself is taking absolutely nothing for granted. After a long break between drinks, Fraser is back in the limelight. The Mummy star has gone through some harrowing lows in his career since he was on top of the world, but finally, things are looking up again. After winning plaudits for his performance in The Whale, it looks…

Photo via A24 Actor Brendan Fraser is set for a star and potentially Oscar-winning turn in The Whale in December. However, Fraser wears a fat suit to portray his character, an obese man, a much-criticized choice. Now, the film’s director is responding. Darren Aronofsky speaks about what actors like Daniel Franzese have been conflicted over in a new interview with Variety. In the piece, he says they did consider casting a heavier actor but could not find someone who could emote like Fraser and worried about…