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I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
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.
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I thk that 's tryg to e extreme fatns as a metaphor for gay pa," Branum told Out's sister webse PRIDE durg an terview. "And as an actual fat gay person, I feel like my life don't need to be a metaphor for somebody else's pa."He ntued: "I also have real problems wh the fact that they st a straight actor who is not very fat, and [who] ed prosthetics to reprent fatns, the film. Brendan Fraser may be known for his leadg rol The Mummy and Gee of the Jungle, but he is now earng some Osr chatter for his new film The Whale where he plays a 600-pound gay man who has entered a severe bout of prsn followg the ath of his film, directed by Darren Aronofsky, buted at the Venice Film Ftival.