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Brendan Fraser's makeover in the whale is one of the year's most talked about performances Frasier plays Charlie a housebound 600 pound English instructor who teaches students remotely with his camera covered in the Darren Aronofsky directed picture in this painful drama he is also attempting to mend his relationship with his estranged daughter the actor appeared in an interview and talked about some of the behind the scenes secrets of the movie stay tuned to find out all of them starting off with how he landed the role Aronofsky seems to appreciate the tortured Soul character Trope and he's also become a master at thinking outside the box When selecting his leading man he had a specific game plan for determining who would portray the titular whale much as he did with Mickey Rourke in the wrestler which restored roork's career he stated that he felt Darren had not seen much of what he had done however he was searching for an actor who people felt they already knew and had hadn't seen in a while but would like to see performing again sort of a long lost family thing and that's exactly what he found in Frasier Frasier had to smirk at the kind of backhanded compliment that comes with fitting that category but he didn't hesitate to collaborate with Aronofsky the actors physically imposing stature and broad shoulders also aided his cause the actor admits to feeling a little creatively intimidated when he first met Aronofsky and he was open about the task he faced as a director and filmmaker which was to develop this Persona not only from the inside out but also from the outside in how does Charlie behave and look and how would this be accomplished he told him that he had been looking for performers for a long time and while some were closer to Charlie's body type he needed to find a performer who could wear the entire costume and makeup required to get him into character up next the nerve-wracking opening scene of course there are no no spoilers but the film concludes with a breathless emotionally draining five-minute scene so it created an unusual mood for an actor to skip out onto the stage in High Spirits to start a conversation while the audience was still processing what they had just witnessed Frasier seeing this devised a very clever strategy he entered wearing an olive green coat and matching baseball cap and brought out a dog from inside his coat yes he had gone to the desert with a cute little puppy backstage at the awards Gala we found out later that night that the dog was named Peewee and is a teacup Yorkshire
brendan fraser oscar speech
Terrier Frasier lightened the tone by revealing Peewee before handing the puppy over to a loved one in the audience to begin the movie discussion the seasoned actor made a wise and needed move before talking about some important stuff each day he revealed that it took roughly four hours to get into the Charlie costume and one hour to to come out of it the character should be between 500 and 600 pounds however unlike other films where characters wear a fat suit for a small joke the authenticity and attention done to avoid that unseemly area or the most important to everyone moving on Brendan Frazier talks about his transformation there was only one problem once Frazier was inside the apparatus he needed to make his way from the makeup chair to the set the challenge was getting from the 70 or so steps to the set and he had to be wheeled there by a fairly muscular person named Ben then four or five more guys served as his pit crew keeping him watered and changing out the ice bags and tubes that ran up his back he melted seven or eight bags of ice per day the actor laughed and said it made him giggle because his body melted seven or eight bags of ice daily that's something you get to hear only some sometimes covid-19 introduced a challenging aspect to the suit's construction normally while creating a prosthetic you collaborate closely with the actor Gathering technical measurements and molds but no one was allowed to come that near to Frazier while filming this movie the conventional method for placing an actor in that prosthetic would be to mold the actor by pouring goop on the face to form a cast but because they didn't have access to each other it had to be done virtually that meant the producer Jeremy Dawson came and spotted Frasier in his driveway with an iPad and scanned him as he moved around the actor but the dog got in the way and ruined the shot and Adrienne Moro the prosthetic makeup designer in Montreal used that knowledge to construct Charlie in a 3D virtual model it was unclear if Peewee was the culprit in question coming up how kovid helped the production in some ways Frazier revealed that he joined the team in January 2020 and we all know what transpired in March 2020 like most projects there was a chance that it wouldn't happen due to covid but because this is a one-room production with only five actors they could carry on while taking extra precautions he explained that the prospect of kovid improved the performances in this particular story when they made it it was five characters in one room on a sound stage in Newburgh New York at a former Motorcycle Museum and he believed that had something to do with why the movie turned out so good because of kovid they were extremely cautious of one another and so devoted to each other's safety and worry that it shows on the screen in a way no one anticipated seeing that secret ingredient will be greatly appreciated by the audience and cast alike more on the final takeaway Frazier stated that working on this film transformed him and that is the simple purpose he hopes it achieves with spectators he stated it well when he said that when we watch a work of Cinema art film tale or drama we experience a collective emotional release or something you feel something and you may not know why but you feel it and it changes you he hoped it would influence the way you thought about things before coming here today and as it did for him it will reposition some pieces in your heart spirit and how you think about things in the future okay Brendan don't make us cry following up how was the suit created Adrian is a long time colleague of Darren and has a solid track record of working with exceptional individuals he could build makeup and costumes out of Prosthetics and collaborate with the actor he had he hoped for him to possess the body of a man weighing hundreds of pounds What mattered was that the makeup and the surrounding Machinery followed the rules of gravity and physics it has vitality and sentience so when a performer wears it it doesn't appear like Halloween costume makeup you can see the expressions and the performance shines through the producer used an iPad to scan Brendan in his garage and send him the results Adrian cleaned it up and molded it like one would with Clay all facial and body Prosthetics were created on the computer in the same way that they would be done physically they had a lot of leeways since they could change them rapidly then they gave them to Darren who could make immediate changes moving on the Brendan Fraser controversy despite the actor's critical success the whale writer Samuel D Hunter has open opinions about Brendan Frazier's casting issue Darren aronofsky's psychological Thriller based on Hunter's play of the same name follows Charlie a 600 pound recluse English Professor he tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter after abandoning her and her mother for his gay boyfriend whose death contributed to his deadly weight gain Frazier's portrayal as Charlie in the whale has received tremendous praise yet one aspect has divided critics and moviegoers Samuel D Hunter addressed the Brenton Frazier casting controversy in a recent interview with people to discuss the film's broad release the playwright and movie co-writer acknowledged the horrible portrayal of obesity in other forms of filmmaking still they defended the use of Prosthetics in the film for the story subjective many have argued that the employment of such effects is a step back in Cinema's progress in portraying plus-sized persons many also think that Aronofsky would have been better off casting an actual obese person in the role on the other hand some have defended Frasier's casting in the whale taking a similar approach to Hunter in acknowledging the story's intention and its use of Prosthetics which takes a more empathetic approach to such a character rather than continuing the trend of negatively stigmatizing overweight characters finally the whale hits the box office hard the U.S box office for a24's drama the whale topped 10 million dollars on Saturday a significant achievement for an indie film in the epidemic era those ticket sales would have been less spectacular in pre-coveted times however the Art House industry has struggled to recover as adult consumers remain as picky as ever regarding film choices attendance for Prestige dramas such as she said triangle of sadness tar and women talking ranges from disappointing to abysmal the Fable men's Steven Spielberg's newest isn't far behind the whale with 13 million dollars to date while filmmaker Martin mcdonough's dark comedy the Banshees of inishunan has pulled in 9.1 million dollars however when it comes to 2022 releases only one indie film a24's time bending everything everywhere all at once became an undeniable economic success grossing 100 million dollars worldwide it generated 360 thousand dollars from six locations the highest per theater average of 2022 and the second largest for a limited release since the covid-19 epidemic began the whale expanded to 600 screens in its third weekend 625 in its fourth and 800 screens in its fifth weekend with a staggered distribution in the following weeks by week 6 it had reached 1500 venues and pending Award nominations it will continue to add theaters in the coming year that's a wrap for this video thanks for watching what did you think of Brenton Fraser's performance in the whale and which behind-the-scenes secrets were most surprising let us know in the comments below make sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more videos like this see you at the next one foreign
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