Brendan Fraser Sobs Emotionally After His Movie 'The Whale' Receives A Huge Standing Ovation

Brendan Fraser sobbed emotionally after his film The Whale received a six-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.

The actor has been through a lot of trouble recently especially after Batgirl got canceled, however, things are looking much better now for him.

The film is already generating Oscar buzz, which is pretty epic considering that it premiered only a few short hours ago.

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Then again, with Black Swan director Darren Aronfsky at the helm of the film we're not surprised by the commotion over it.

The Whale is the story of a reclusive overweight English teacher who attempts to reconnect with his seventeen-year-old daughter, played by Sadie Smith.

The role of English teacher is played by Fraser here. 

Variety states that the audience was moved by the movie at its debut at the acclaimed festival.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Nick Kroll, and Hillary Clinton staffer Huma Abedin were among the crowd and were even spotted shedding a tear or two.

Well, we have seen some stills from the movie on social media and many even expressed their shock over Fraser's dramatic transformation.

He said: “I want to learn from the people I’m working with at this point in my career. I’ve had such variety, a lot of high highs and low lows, so what I’m keen for, in the second half of my time doing this, is to feel like I’m contributing to the craft and I’m learning from it. 

“This is a prime opportunity. I wanted to disappear into it. My hope was that I would become unrecognisable.”

While The Whale presented an opportunity for Fraser to reinvent his career, he also went through a really difficult time trying to carry the 50 to 600 extra pounds during the movie shooting. 

“The torso piece was almost like a straight jacket, with sleeves that went on, airbrushed by hand, to look identical as would human skin, right down to the hand-punched hair,” he explained to the outlet.

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However, it seems like Fraser's hard work paid off beautifully as the movie received a standing ovation at its debut.

Writer for BBC Nicholas Barber even called the flick capable of launching the ‘Branassiance’ writing: “Fraser richly deserves to be nominated for a best actor Oscar, and if that doesn't happen, I won't just eat my hat, I'll eat as many pizzas and cheese-and-meatball sandwiches as Charlie gets through in the film.”

Meanwhile, over at the Screen Daily, journalist Wendy Ide fawned over Fraser's on-screen magnetism, calling it the ‘best performance’ of his career.