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His charisma and comedy made brendan fraser one of the biggest action stars of the 90s and early 2000s. His unforgettable roles in the franchise ‘The Mummy’ Y ‘George of the Jungle’ they launched him to professional success and we did not stop seeing the actor on all the movie billboards.
However, Fraser disappeared from the public eye at the peak of his career without his fans knowing the reason for his retirement at that time. Years later we would learn that the American actor fell into oblivion after experiencing a series of physical problems, a complicated divorce and an episode of harassment by the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berck.
The actor remembers the year 2003 as one of the most terrible of his life, but he did not reveal it until 15 years later, encouraged by the rise of the movement #MeToo. He opened up for the magazine G.Q. and he told how terrible his experience was. From the years of mistreatment of his body due to the refusal to use doubles in his films, to the sexual abuse he suffered by the influential journalist.
As he explained, he was at a point in his career in which he did not reject any project, because he thought he had to work non-stop. Also, he insisted on doing all his action scenes himself without the help of any specialist. “When I did the third installment of ‘The Mummy,’ they would wrap me in ice and bandages. I would make myself an exoskeleton every day,” Fraser revealed.
After several hard years and a deep depressionFinally Fraser returned to the screens last year. Previously, she had already dazzled critics with her appearances in television series, but she definitely got the applause at the venice festivalwhere he was praised for his performance with ‘The Whale’the movie of Darren Aronofsky for which it could be placed in the Oscar nominations.
In order to play the role that earned him an eight-minute standing ovation (a 600-pound professor), the 54-year-old actor had to gain weight up to 130 kilossomething very different from what we used to see in his movies when he was considered a sex symbol of the 90’s with a more exercised body.
But Fraser’s talent is still there and he undoubtedly showed it with his return through the front door to the ranks of Hollywood. His reappearance has brought back memories of those of us who saw him succeed as an action hero, so we have recounted his shocking physical transformation through the years.
Brendan Fraser in ‘The Oak Man’
In 1992, Brendan Fraser appeared in the comedy ‘Encino Man,’ where he played a frozen caveman, awakened from his deep sleep to experience 1990s California. The film also starred Sean Astin and Pauly Shore.
A young Brendan in ‘Airheads’
Years later, Fraser appeared in “Airheads” alongside Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi, who play three aspiring musicians determined to play their band’s demo tape on air.
Like the memorable ‘George of the Jungle’
At the end of the 1990s, Brendan Fraser was already one of the most sought-after and grossing actors in Hollywood, but his great success came with ‘George of the Jungle’, which had a collection of more than 170 million dollars.
Brendan Fraser in ‘The Mummy’
The Mummy trilogy, whose three films surpassed 400 million at the box office, catapulted the actor to stardom as an action hero. ‘The Mummy’ became a worldwide hit and launched a franchise that included two sequels, a prequel, and an animated series.
Brendan Fraser in ‘To Hell with the Devil’
The ‘George of the Jungle’ star also tried his hand at romantic comedy, appearing alongside Elizabeth Hurley in Bedazzled or better known in Latin America as ‘To hell with the devil’.
Making movies with a different tone
Fraser then expanded his repertoire with roles in dramas including 2002’s ‘The Quiet American’ and 2004’s Oscar-winning film ‘Crash.’ from his film ‘Gods and Monsters,’ where he appeared opposite Ian McKellen in the independent film.
Brendan in his return to the screens
In 2015, Fraser appeared in “Texas Rising,” a History Channel miniseries that also starred Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Ray Liotta.
Fraser opens up about his depression
A year later, Fraser spoke about his near disappearance from Hollywood in an interview for GQ, in which he revealed his health problems and the sexual abuse he suffered by a senior manager of the Foreign Press Association.
Standing ovation for the star of ‘The Whale’
Fraser was in tears after her performance in ‘The Whale’ earned her a six-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
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