Actor Brendan Fraser is opening up about what went into his transformation for the highly anticipated film, 'The Whale.'
"I had many conversations with members of that association who gave me testimonials about their lives," Fraser explained."Everything from what their eating habits were, their struggles with food as an addiction, with their hopes for improving their help with bariatric procedure -- or they were awaiting one in a sort of strange limbo that the health care system places them in."
"He did a remarkable job of portraying many of the most challenging aspects of living in a large body and of showing several ways people react to being negatively judged for their size," it added. "It just stayed with me," he said."It made me appreciate how strong you have to be, both physically and mentally, to inhabit a body such as Charlie, who is a man, who wears on his corporeal being the trauma that he has been through."
The OAC recognizes that prosthetics can be controversial, especially when portraying those who are affected by obesity, but the organization said it was used in a way that helped tell a story about someone living with the disease. Throughout the film, audiences see Charlie's challenge of connecting with his daughter Ellie, whom he abandoned at a young age.
"I hope that's what people take away, is that in these cynical times, it's worth having faith in people," he added."It's hard to have faith in people, but it's a worthy endeavor."
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