THE WHALE What happened to Brendan Fraser?

Fraser shed tears as he got roaring Applause at the Venice film festival for his role in Darren aronofsky's the whale but where's he been this whole time he suffered backstage injuries stood up against alleged sexual assault and went through a messy divorce but now he'll star in killers of the flower moon with Robert De Nira Hollywood's beloved action and comedy hero Brendan Fraser has made a comeback to the big screen after being away from the movie field for several years his role in the new film The Whale directed by Darren Aronofsky landed him some heartwarming praise and got him a six-minute standing ovation at the film's premiere in Venice for which the actor broke down in tears fans and netizens consider him to be a strong Contender for the next Oscar awards ceremony and say that his return to Hollywood as well deserved during the peak of his success being one of the highest paid actors of the time for Blockbusters like the mummy George of the Jungle and bedazzled Fraser completely disappeared from the movie scene.but what exactly happened to the fan favorite actor while he was at his height of his Fame according to numerous reports Fraser faced many hardships which caused him to suffer in silence however he believes that he was probably blacklisted by Hollywood for one specific reason because of an alleged sexual assault against him per evening standard so where has he been all this time while the movie was all action-packed fun with Fraser portraying the tough and oh so handsome Rick O'Connell the actor suffered several major injuries during the shooting of the three films during the filming of the Mummy in 1999 Fraser was almost choked to death during his hanging scene in the opening of the movie as per the things his co-star Rachel Weiss recalled that he stopped breathing and even needed CPR and that was just one mishap the injuries he received from the ancient Egyptian themed films led to multiple surgeries including a laminectomy a back procedure to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerves a partial knee replacement more back surgeries to both compressed spinal pads Together vocal cord repair and other procedures as per People magazine by the time I did the third mummy picture in China in 2008 I was put together with tape and Ice the actor told GQ Magazine Fraser mentioned that he spent seven years in and out of the hospital which could have prevented him from auditioning and acting in other films dot the nail that hammered and closed off Fraser's acting career was his sexual harassment allegations against one of Hollywood's big shots in 2018 Fraser claimed that he was sexually assaulted by Philip Burke the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2003 as per GQ Magazine Fraser recounted that the incident made him feel sick and spiraled him into feeling depressed Burke denied the claims against him and said he only pinched frasers behind as a joke but Fraser said that the incident made him reclusive and he withdrew from the public eye he said that his phone stopped ringing and there were no more casting calls for him as per GQ he also claimed that he was rarely invited to the Golden Globes which the hfpa hosts his dramatic split from his wife just as his professional life took a hit his private life also resulted in a Blow when his ex-wife Afton Smith split from him in 2007. Fraser was then required to pay around 900 000 United States dollars for child support as per the New York Post six years after the divorce Fraser allegedly asked the court to reduce the payment as he said he was no longer able to afford the Hefty sum due to lack of work but Smith wasn't buying any of it and accused the actor of fraud saying he was hiding assets according to the report her allegations went nowhere and the Court ruled that he could lower his alimony if he started making less than 3 million United States dollars annually for cheat sheet however Fraser had unrelenting support from his fans both during the heights of his Fame to his down lows his Legions of fans helped keep up the actor's Legacy especially whenever swashbuckling films were mentioned on social media when Fraser slowly started returning to the screen in 2018 his fans took to Tick-Tock and announced the actor's return dubbing at the Renaissance he had a couple of movie and TV roles most notably Doom Patrol in 2019 Danny Boyle's acclaimed drama trust 2018 as well as Steven soderbergh's film no sudden move 2021 Tom Cruise rebooting the classic favorite mummy franchise also prompted discussion of Fraser's legendary Rick O'Connell fans demanded the actor come back for a fourth film after Cruz's mummy flop critics also noted how Fraser's role was better than cruises citing that the former's character was better written and better played as per TV over mine after several years of hardship and suffering Fraser has made a proper comeback with Darren aronofsky's psychological drama the whale his spectacular performance received a six-minute standing ovation when the movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival screening as per CNN with his return to the big screen there's also Buzz that the actor could possibly be on the list for the next Oscar awards Fraser will also be playing a prominent role in the Martin Scorsese directed film killers of the flower Moon alongside Leonardo Dicaprio and Robert De Niro

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Length: 5min 53sec (353 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 17 2023