‘An Element Of Self-Sacrifice’: Brendan Fraser Says He Took On Dangerous Stunts Because He Felt He ‘Deserved’ A Beating

Brendan Fraser (Oscar-nominated Actor)“The Whale”In a recent interview, he stated that he had taken very physically demanding roles in his early career. “on some level I felt I deserved” They were subject to a lot of beatings.

Fraser The Telegraph reported this in Article that was published Saturday that he had felt the need to take on the physical challenges — even doing his own stunts for action movies like “The Mummy” (1999) and nearly starving himself of carbohydrates for 1997’s “George of the Jungle” — because he believed he needed to earn his way to blockbuster status.

“I’m older now; I don’t look the way I did in those days, and I don’t necessarily want to,” Fraser said so to The Telegraph. “I got a little banged up from years of doing my own stunts and needed a surgical fix on the spine and the hinges.”

Fraser has undergone several procedures since, including a partial-knee replacement, spine surgery, and a repair of his vocal chords.

“Those physical performances, whether fighting, dancing or comedy, had an element of self-sacrifice. But it wasn’t very clever of me at all,” Fraser admitted that he had made three films by the time he finished the third. “The Mummy” Franchise, he was basically being held together with ice packs and tape.

“Like a gladiator with muscle tape and ice packs, strapping on this Transformer-like exoskeleton just to get through the scene,” It was described by him.

Fraser continued to explain that he felt he had to put in the work physically. “earn” roles in bigger blockbusters — but he noted that self-doubt and even self-loathing may have also played a role in that.

“I think on some level I felt I deserved [a beating] and wanted to be the one to get in the first punch,” He stated.

Fraser’s latest role in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” — for which he earned his first Oscar nomination — was physical in a very different way: the “Encino Man” Actor had to gain weight and then A fat suit can be added Charlie is an obese teacher who’s addicted to food and is literally dying.

“All I can say is that I knew it had to be done with sensitivity and honesty,” He stated. “Putting quotation marks around Charlie — trying to sentimentalize him, or make him a circus act — would be nothing that I would want to be a part of,” Fraser spoke out about the role, rebutting critics who denounced the fat suit.

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