Brendan Fraser Cries As 600lb Reclusive Teacher In 1st Trailer For Comeback Film ‘The Whale’: Watch

The archetypal trailer for Brendan Fraser‘s comeback movie, The Whale, was released connected Tuesday, November 8, and it offers a glimpse astatine this wholly antithetic relation for the beloved actor. Brendan plays a 600-pound English teacher named Charlie looking to reconnect with his estranged 17-year-old daughter, played by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink.

“Do you ever get the feeling radical are incapable of not caring?” a visibly-obese Charlie says successful the trailer, arsenic we spot flashes of his girl Ellie and his caregiver Liz, played by Hong Chau. Charlie besides says, “People are amazing.”

Brendan Fraser successful ‘The Whale’ (Photo: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

The Darren Aronofsky feature film is based connected the 2012 play written by Samuel D. Hunter. Brendan underwent a singular transformation to play the relation of an obese man. He’s been receiving Oscar buzz for the movie, which comes retired Dec. 9. Brendan received standing ovations at The Whale‘s premiere at Venice Film Festival successful aboriginal September and astatine the BFI London Film Festival the pursuing month. Fans person besides been praising the histrion for his first starring relation aft 2013’s Breakout.

Brendan Fraser (Photo: Everett Collection)

Brendan’s large relation 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. The Mummy star opened up astir the slump helium felt aft the full ordeal and said it made him “retreat” and “feel reclusive.

Before The Whale started getting Oscar buzz, Brendan opened up astir playing his caller role, successful an interview, and promised it was dissimilar thing he’s ever done before. “It’s gonna beryllium similar thing you haven’t seen before,” he, told Unilad past twelvemonth portion discussing the highly-anticipated movie. “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.”