Brendan Fraser Chokes Back Tears In Inspiring Critics’ Choice Speech: ‘Good Things Will Happen’

Brendan Fraser, 54, delivered an affectional and inspiring code erstwhile helium won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor connected January 15. Brendan accepted the grant onstage for his show arsenic an obese and depressed antheral in The Whale, and started his code disconnected by talking up the Darren Aronofsky feature. “This movie, The Whale — It’s astir love. It’s astir redemption. It’s astir uncovering the airy successful a acheronian place,” helium said.

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After giving shoutouts to his talented co-stars Hong Chau and Sadie Sink, Brendan thanked Darren, 53, for casting him successful the movie and reviving his movie career aft years distant from the spotlight. “I was successful the wilderness — and I astir apt should’ve near a way of breadcrumbs — but you recovered me, and similar each the champion directors, you simply conscionable showed maine wherever to spell to get maine wherever I needed to be,” Brendan said.

The Mummy star past held backmost tears arsenic helium concluded his code with a heartfelt connection to everyone. “If you — similar Charlie, who I played successful this movie — successful immoderate way, conflict with obesity, oregon you conscionable consciousness similar you’re successful a acheronian sea, I privation you to cognize that if you, too, tin person the spot to conscionable get to your feet and spell to the light, bully things volition happen,” helium said. Brendan’s girlfriend, Jeanne Moore, stood up and clapped with the remainder of the assemblage astatine the extremity of Brendan’s speech.

Brendan Fraser astatine the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards (Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Brendan has received captious acclaim for his show in The Whale. He plays Charlie, a 600-pound English teacher who is looking to reconnect with his 17-year-old estranged daughter, played by Sadie Sink. Brendan earned a Golden Globe nomination and is presently a frontrunner to triumph the Academy Award astatine the Oscars successful the spring. He took location the Critics’ Choice over Tom Cruise, Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Paul Mescal, and Bill Nighy.

Darren Aronofsky antecedently revealed wherefore helium chose Brendan to prima successful The Whale, which is being considered Brendan’s large Hollywood comeback. “A mates years ago, I caught a trailer from a Brazilian movie, a low-budget [movie], and I saw Brendan successful the trailer and a lightbulb went off. I hadn’t seen ‘Gods and Monsters’ oregon ‘George of the Jungle.’ Seeing him successful there, it conscionable clicked,” Darren told Variety in September 2022. “I asked Brendan to travel conscionable me…it conscionable kept clicking,” helium said.

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