Brendan Fraser celebrated for comeback role in ‘The Whale’

The once ubiquitous movie star of “The Mummy” franchise and “George of the Jungle” had, in the last decade, backed away from the spotlight. But Fraser is charting what could be a major comeback starting with his transformative role in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” which has its world premiere Sunday night at the festival.

Then, a few years ago, he saw a trailer for “a low-budget Brazilian movie” with Fraser and “a light bulb went off,” he said. Beyond his physicality, Charlie is also a character with profound empathy and love for everyone around him, including his estranged daughter, Ellie, played by “Stranger Things” star Sadie Sink.

“I was afraid to write it,” he said. “I thought the only way I can do it is if I write it from a profoundly place of love and empathy. … I wanted to be a lighthouse in the middle of a dark, dark sea.”

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