Brendan Fraser says he had to learn how to move 'in a new way' for TheWhale, and that he felt 'a sense of vertigo' when his prothetic suit was removed.
,” says he needed to “learn how to move in a new way” in order to play his character Charlie, who weighs 600 lbs.’s latest, in which Charlie is slowly eating himself to death while struggling with congestive heart failure. An English teacher who holds online courses , Charlie eats to escape the pain of losing the love of his life, his former night-school student Alan, with whom he began a relationship after leaving his wife and then eight-year-old daughter, Ellie .
Fraser donned a prosthetic suit for the role, which was also aided by a small amount of CGI. As he moves around the apartment, always helped by a walker or a wheelchair, the actor’s transformation is stunning. A recent Vanity Fair article reported that Fraser carried an extra 50 lbs. to 300 lbs. during filming. However, the film will likely stir controversy for casting a slimmer, well-known star over a potentially less recognizable actor whose physique is more closely aligned with Charlie’s.
Elsewhere in the press conference, when Fraser was asked about early roles such as “George of the Jungle,” he said: “I looked different in those days. My journey to where I am now has been to explore as many characters as I can. And this presented the biggest challenge to me that I wanted. By far and away I think Charlie is the most heroic man I’ve ever played because his superpower is to see the good in others and bring that out in them.
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