Brendan Fraser poses for photographers upon arrival on the premiere of the movie ‘The Whale’ in the course of the 79th version of the Venice Movie Competition in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022.
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Brendan Fraser poses for photographers upon arrival on the premiere of the movie ‘The Whale’ in the course of the 79th version of the Venice Movie Competition in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022.
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Actor Brendan Fraser obtained a six-minute standing ovation Sunday night time on the Venice Movie Competition, after making a comeback to the career following private struggles.
Fraser was attending the world premiere of The Whale, a film wherein he performs the lead character Charlie, an English trainer reconnecting together with his teenage daughter.
Fraser was getting ready to exit the stage when viewers members and folks onstage alongside him started a spherical of applause. He gave the impression to be in tears on the response.
Fraser had breakout roles in George of the Jungle (1997) and The Mummy (1999). He continued to star in sequels The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
The Mummy motion pictures took an important bodily toll on him, and he obtained a number of surgical procedures on account of stunt work he did for the franchise. He underwent a laminectomy (a process to take away vertebrae from the backbone), a partial knee alternative and vocal wire restore, he advised GQ in 2018.
Fraser additionally mentioned he questioned if he had been blacklisted by the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, the group that hosts the Golden Globes, after he alleged {that a} former HFPA had groped him in 2003.
As video of the standing ovation circulated, Fraser obtained an outpouring of help on-line.
“Man this makes me so pleased to see this stunning ovation for Brendan,” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tweeted. “He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my first ever function, which kicked off my Hollywood profession.”
Man this makes me so pleased to see this stunning ovation for Brendan. He supported me coming into his Mummy Returns franchise for my first ever function, which kicked off my Hollywood profession. Rooting for all of your success brother and congrats to my bud Darren Aronofsky. #TheWhale 👏🏾 https://t.co/SNBLPHHmEZ
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 4, 2022
“I want him to be *showered* with reward, and I’ve a sense he will not take it without any consideration for an immediate,” one other tweeter mentioned. “Welcome again Brendan Fraser. We have missed you.”
“He deserves all of the love on the earth. Dude had a brilliant unfair shake in Hollywood, however now it is (hopefully) coming round and he will get his due,” one consumer mentioned.
Fraser has a number of upcoming roles, together with a task alongside Glenn Shut and Peter Dinklage in Brothers; within the Martin Scorsese-directed Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio; and Behind the Curtain of Night time, in accordance with IMDB.
