Darren Aronofsky said there are no obese actors 'who could pull off the emotions' in 'The Whale.' 'It’s an impossible role to fill with a real person dealing with those issues,' Aronofsky said of casting Brendan Fraser in the main role.
Director Darren Aronofsky initially wanted to cast an actor who could play the 600-pound lead of his forthcoming film“There was a chapter in the making of this film where we tried to research actors with obesity,” Aronofsky said in a recentinterview. “Outside of not being able to find an actor who could pull off the emotions of the role, it just becomes a crazy chase.
Brendan Fraser got emotional and cried as audiences at the Venice Film Festival gave a six-minute standing ovation after the premiere of ‘The Whale.’ “They let me know what their diet was and how obesity had affected their lives in terms of their relationships with loved ones,” “The Mummy” star said in the same Variety interview. “It was heartbreaking, because very often these people were mocked and made to feel awful about themselves. Vindictive speech is painful. And it does damage because it feeds into the cycle of overeating. I just left those conversations thinking, ‘Hey, this is not your fault. This is an illness. This is an addiction.
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