The Whale

Garnering three nominations that year, The Whale (2022), directed by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, earned Brendan Fraser the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of a severely obese recluse who tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. The film also won best achievement in makeup and hairstyling for the team’s…

…continued with Aronofsky’s next film, The Whale (2022). Adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s 2012 play, the movie centers on a morbidly obese man who has become a recluse since the death of his lover but who attempts to reconcile with his teenage daughter. Some audiences objected to the film’s portrayal…

…the script for Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale (2022). Her husband and her agent, however, convinced her to audition and, later, to accept the part of Liz, a nurse and close friend caring for Brendan Fraser’s Charlie as he struggles with obesity and reconnecting to his daughter. “Everything is an embarrassment…

…came in Darren Aronofsky’s film The Whale (2022) with his portrayal of a morbidly obese, gay, online English professor who attempts to reconnect with his rebellious estranged daughter. In addition to winning the Academy Award for best actor for the role in the movie, he also won the Screen Actors…