Brendan Fraser delivers tearful speech after winning Best Actor at the Critics Choice Awards | JOE.co.uk
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Brendan Fraser delivers tearful speech after winning Best Actor at the Critics Choice Awards | JOE.co.uk
He said he was glad that critics ‘woke up’ for him
Brendan Fraser delivered an emotional acceptance speech at the Critics Choice Awards after he won the Best Actor gong for his performance in The Whale.
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Directed by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream) and based on a play by Samuel D. Hunter, Fraser stars in the film as a 600-pound middle-aged man named Charlie who tries to reconnect with his teenage daughter Ellie (Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink).
Fraser has received critical acclaim for his performance in the film, which involved him being fitted with prosthetics weighing up to 300 pounds and working with a dance instructor for months in order to figure out how his character would move with the excess weight.
And the hard work has translated into recognition during awards season, with Fraser winning the award for Best Actor at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night.
As he collected his award, the actor reflected on the movie and how it is about “love,” “redemption” and “finding the light in a dark place”.
He then said he was glad that critics “woke up” for him, before giving an emotional thank you to Aronofsky for finding him “in the wilderness.”
“I was in the wilderness, and I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs, but you’ve found me,” Fraser said.
“And like all the best directors, you merely just showed me where to go to get to where I needed to be.”
Brendan Fraser’s acceptance speech for The Whale at the #CriticsChoiceAwards pic.twitter.com/jxQsEfQfKo
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As the music started playing to try and get him to wrap up the speech, Fraser continued to address the crowd and didn’t let it stop his powerful address at the award show.
“If you – like a guy like Charlie, who I played in this movie – in any way, struggle with obesity or you just feel like you’re in a dark sea. I want you to know that if you too can have the strength to just get to your feet and go to the light, good things will happen,” Fraser said.
Fraser later told reporters that the Best Actor honor meant “more than [he knows] how to say with words.”
“It was an act of faith,” said Fraser on making “The Whale.”
“We all approached this piece as if it were the first and last time we would ever have a chance to do this kind of work ever again, each day and I think that this movie can help do a lot of good.”
<p>Alongside Fraser and Sink, The Whale also features amongst its cast Hong Chau (Watchmen), Samantha Morton (Minority Report) and Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3).</p> <br /><img class="aligncenter" src="https://img.maximummedia.ie/joe_co_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/screenshot-2023-01-12-at-12-48-15.png" alt="Non-league club issue statement after one of their players joins Love Island"> <p>Non-league club issue statement after one of their players joins Love Island</p> <i></i>READ MORE <p>After the film's screening at the Venice Film Festival in September last year, Fraser was reduced to tears after being given a six-minute standing ovation in a heartwarming moment for the actor.
Fraser has also emerged as one of the front runners for the Best Actor gong at the Oscars in March, along with Austin Butler and Colin Farrell for their performances in Elvis and The Banshees of Inisherin respectively.
The Whale is set for an British release on 3 February 2023.
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