Brendan Fraser Breaks Down In Tears Over 5 Minute Standing Ovation At London Screening Of ‘The Whale’

Brendan Fraser, 53, received different lasting ovation for his caller movie, The Whale, which volition debut for each to spot connected Dec. 9. The actor, who plays a 600-pound antheral named Charlie trying to reconnect with his estranged girl played by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, stepped connected signifier aft the film’s screening astatine the BFI London Film Festival connected Tuesday nighttime and was moved to tears by the audience’s reaction, arsenic seen successful the beneath video. Brendan showed his gratitude passim the five-minute lasting ovation by bowing, shaking his head, and sharing the signifier with his chap filmmakers arsenic the assemblage clapped and cheered for him.

Am I astatine Venice? 5 min lasting ovation for Brendan Fraser’s masterpiece show successful #TheWhale. He had the assemblage successful the thenar of his manus the full movie. My bosom is successful my throat. #LFF @a24 pic.twitter.com/dHsCAErgu0

— Lauren Bradshaw (@flickchickdc) October 11, 2022

The touching moments for Brendan followed the lasting ovation helium received astatine the Venice Film Festival successful aboriginal September. He humbly sat successful his spot and clapped on arsenic the assemblage erupted successful cheers pursuing the movie’s extremity earlier being encouraged to basal up and afloat instrumentality successful the infinitesimal by his collaborators. He could beryllium seen getting affectional arsenic helium looked astir the room.

Brendan Fraser is backmost — and helium sobbed during the #Venezia79 six-minute lasting ovation for #TheWhale. pic.twitter.com/y4l10ZFWQa

— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) September 4, 2022

Fans took to societal media aft some lasting ovations to praise Brendan for his archetypal starring relation aft 2013’s Breakout. Furthermore, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 50, recognized the George of the Jungle star’s enactment by recalling his kindness erstwhile helium entered the franchise Brendan is known for, The Mummy. “Man this makes maine truthful blessed to spot this beauteous ovation for Brendan,” helium tweeted aft the actor’s lasting ovation successful London. “He supported maine coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my archetypal ever role, which kicked disconnected my Hollywood career. Rooting for each your occurrence member and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky.”

Man this makes maine truthful blessed to spot this beauteous ovation for Brendan. He supported maine coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my archetypal ever role, which kicked disconnected my Hollywood career. Rooting for each your occurrence member and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky. #TheWhale 👏🏾 https://t.co/SNBLPHHmEZ

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 4, 2022

Brendan’s large relation besides marks his comeback gig aft battling slump for years that began aft helium was allegedly sexually assaulted by the erstwhile president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, successful 2003. He did not marque his allegations nationalist until helium sat down for an interrogation with GQ in 2018 erstwhile the #MeToo question gained large steam successful Hollywood. “His near manus reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and 1 of his fingers touches maine successful the taint. And helium starts moving it around,” the histrion claimed. He said helium instantly rushed location to archer his then-wife, but did not consciousness comfy going nationalist with the brushwood and didn’t privation to marque it portion of his narrative.

“I felt ill. I felt similar a small kid,” helium recalled of the incident. “I felt similar determination was a shot successful my throat. I thought I was going to cry.” He did instrumentality immoderate action, however, erstwhile helium asked HFPA via his representatives for an apology. Philip wrote one, but it was seemingly successful bid to simply appease Brendan. “My apology admitted nary wrongdoing, the accustomed ‘If I’ve done thing that upset Mr. Fraser, it was not intended and I apologize,'” helium told GQ. Philip is inactive a subordinate of the HFPA.

Brendan Fraser arrives astatine the 2022 London Film Festival (Photo: James Veysey/Shutterstock)

Brendan besides opened up astir the slump helium felt aft the full ordeal and said it made him “retreat” and “feel reclusive.” He besides wondered if the HFPA blacklisted him from Hollywood, saying, “I don’t cognize if this curried disfavor with the group, with the HFPA. But the soundlessness was deafening.” He claimed aft 2003, helium was infrequently invited to the Golden Globes.

The praise Brendan has received — including Oscar buzz — for The Whale truthful acold has surely meant a batch to him, considering the tears of gratitude helium shed during some lasting ovations. Furthermore, Brendan has said helium is assured the movie is going to beryllium a deed with viewers. “It’s gonna beryllium similar thing you haven’t seen before,” helium told Unilad in Oct. 2021. “The wardrobe and costume was extensive, seamless, cumbersome. This is surely acold removed from thing I’ve ever done but not to beryllium coy … I bash cognize it’s going to marque a lasting impression.”