Brendan Fraser Opens Up About His Gay, Osr-Wng 'The Whale' Performance

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Tom Holland's gay sex scene The Crowd Room on Apple TV sparks appallg homophobic backlash.

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TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

The upg A24 film follows a 600-pound gay man named Charlie who is tryg to rennect wh his teen dghter. * the whale gay scene *

Hunter, who also wrote the screenplay for the lead character, played by Fraser (who is already gettg Osr buzz), is a 600-pound middle-aged man named Charlie who lost touch wh his fay after g out as gay and leavg them to be a relatnship wh a man. Even though this role uld've gone to an actor who was both fat and gay, went to Fraser, who isn't gay and had to e prosthetics for his performance. 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. 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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"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 ›. Tom Holland has been fend by fans over The Crowd Room backlash ( Picture: Apple TV)Tom Holland has been fend by fans om homophobic backlash over a sex scene The Crowd Room.

While the moment set social media alight wh praise, also enuraged bigots to plague Twter wh homophobic remarks. ‘It only took Tom Holland dog one gay scene for Twter to explo to homophobic rants, agile masculy & toxic behavur, ’ wrote on fan. Another agreed: ‘People makg homophobic jok about this need to unrstand that the hallmark of a good actor is lettg yourself be open to new rol that challenge you.

‘The way how y’all are rpondg to Tom Holland actg a f**kg SHOW is beyond juvenile and homophobic, ’ fumed a third, and their cri were thankfully echoed by so many others. Tom HollandFans of Brish actor Tom Holland have e to his fense after some social media ers were seemgly upset that the latt episo of his Apple TV+ seri The Crowd Room featured gay the scene, Holland’s character go to a club wh heavy black eyeler and all black.

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”A lot of other ers, however, seemed very nfed over the backlash, pecially sce Spir-Man actors Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield have also played gay person wrote, “Watchg agile cishet men have breakdowns over the reason Tom Holland is trendg is sweet we to me. ”“The fact that a sgle scene on an Apple Pl show featurg Tom Holland has brought out so much homophobia om the stupist people is...

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‘Tom Holland gay sex ma me google The Crowd Room real quick, ’ another trigued viewer shared. ‘Oh no I got my parents to The Crowd Room and I’ve jt learned that one of my theori is rrect and we will ed be seeg Tom Holland a gay sex scene.

"However, the latt episo, which was expected, ed uproar soon after s Holland's fans are quick to jump his fense by praisg him for takg a darg role and also poted to the prev Spir-Man actors' Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield, on-screen gay characters after a trend NotMySpirman was started on Twter. Edor's note: this post ntas spoilers for episo five of The Whe Lot season 's givg a weeks-long tease, we fally got a gay sex scene on season two of The Whe Lot. In a classic Whe Lot twist, though, a gay sex scene me om somewhere else entirely.

Introduced episo three, wealthy gay man Quent (Tom Hollanr) is at the Whe Lot hotel Sicily wh a group of gay iends. Though most of them are rich olr gays, there are a few younger men their pany, cludg Jack (Leo Woodall), a charmg and sexy guy om Essex who refers to Quent as his "uncle. Quent's personaly, accent, and tast f the archetypil "proper wealthy Brish gay man, " whereas Jack looks and sounds like a future st member of Love Island.

TOM HOLLAND 'REACTS' TO 'THE CROWD ROOM' GAY SCENE

Sendly, if a rich gay man like Quent were to hire a few younger guys to "enterta" him and his group of iends durg a trip to Sicily, stands to reason that someone like Jack would lie to Portia about Quent beg his uncle, not his "employer. 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.

Charlie, a gay man, left Ellie and her mom when Ellie was 8 bee he fell love wh one of his (adult) stunts. Thomas believ Alan died bee he turned his back on God and gave to “the flh, ” aka homosexualy. In “The Whale, ” Brendan Fraser’s gay, 600-pound English teacher, Charlie, is no exceptn.

Instead, the actors are all playg symbols service to an overwrten script that somehow manag to cram a relig cult, a hostile divorce, homophobia, Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick, ” and suici to an unwatchable two-hour wears prosthetics, cludg a “fat su, ” to play Charlie, a pot of ntroversy for some crics who’ve argued that an obe actor should have been st, but movie magic is the least of the film’s problems; ’s what happens once Fraser is onscreen that serv nmnatn. Watch how this scene is eded, how your eye is forcibly drawn to the gay porn on Charlie’s laptop screen.

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Brendan Fraser's Portrayal of Gay Man 'The Whale' Earns Osr Buzz.

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