The upg A24 film follows a 600-pound gay man named Charlie who is tryg to rennect wh his teen dghter.
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BRENDAN FRASER SAYS ’S ‘IMMATERIAL’ THAT HIS THE WHALE CHARACTER IS GAY – AND FANS ARE DIVID
After what n only be scribed as one of the more epic reer ebacks Hollywood, the beloved actor (who many lennial fans know om films like The Mummy and Gee of the Jungle) took home the trophy for Bt Lead Actor durg Sunday Night's 95th annual Amy Awards — and he did so for playg a gay role. Brendan Fraser Accepts the Osr for Lead of the more headle-generatg (and ntroversial) films om this award season's batch of tl, Darren Aronofsky'sThe Whale tells the story of a solary, gay, 600-pound English profsor named Charlie who is tryg to rennect wh his blogil dghter spe beg tranged om his fay after fallg love wh another man.
"Charlie is so much more than jt a gay man, " Fraser told Out at the Osrs prs room when asked about brgg a voice to a plited queer character like Charlie The Whale. "The Whale is available to rent or buy on Whale | Official Trailer HD | A24SUBSCRIBE: From director Darren Aronofsky and starrg Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sk, and Hong Your Se ArticlBrendan Fraser Ws First Osr For Playg Gay Man 'The Whale' ›'The Whale' Director Defends Puttg Brendan Fraser a Fat Su ›Brendan Fraser's Controversial Gay Drama 'The Whale' Drops 1st Trailer ›You'll Never Gus Where Jamie Lee Curtis Is Keepg Her Osr ›. ” Both the play and the movie “The Whale” center on Charlie (Brendan Fraser), a reclive, morbidly obe stctor of onle wrg class who has been eatg himself to ath sce the passg of his lover, a sualty of relig homophobia.
” (Zoey Kang / A24) The character is an amalgamatn of Hunter’s past liv: as a closeted gay kid attendg a fundamentalist Christian school ral Idaho, a prsed adult who silently self-medited wh food, and an exposory wrg stctor for llege hmen (the piece’s heartbreakgly hont le “I thk I need to accept that my life isn’t gog to be very excg” is an actual submissn om one of Hunter’s stunts). Throughout “The Whale, ” Charlie is vised by his tranged and troubled dghter, Ellie (Sadie Sk), and his trated ex-wife, Mary (Samantha Morton), both of whom Charlie abandoned when he end his marriage and me out as gay; Liz (Hong Ch), a nflicted regiver who is also the siblg of Charlie’s late lover; and Thomas (Ty Simpks), a fundamentalist missnary who is far om home. Hunter’s 2012 off-Broadway play of the same name, The Whale follows Brendan Fraser as Charlie, a reclive 600-pound gay English teacher grievg the ath of his partner, while tryg to rencile wh his tranged dghter Ellie (Stranger Thgs’ Sadie Sk) before he di.