Before a screening of 'The Whale,' Fraser recounted an incident at the Bay Bridge.
The lights then dimmed and the film began. In"The Whale," Fraser plays Charlie, a reclusive obese man who teaches online English courses with his webcam turned off. Charlie, who is immobile and just days away from dying from a heart condition, attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter Ellie . The film takes place entirely in Charlie's cramped apartment, giving it the feeling of an intimate play .
The film received a six-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, and Fraser is a likely Oscar candidate for his understated and poignant portrayal of a man struggling with obesity. After the film in a Q&A, Fraser recounted the lengths he went to in order to portray the 600-pound character. Physically, it took four hours each day to get him into the massive bodysuit.
"I put the two together and I realized that words have consequences. What we say to one another, what we say to our children, how we speak with one another, it can do harm. A movie's never going to solve anyone's problems, but it can possibly help influence the culture, how we think, how we feel, how we speak to one another ... So I felt a moral obligation to give everything that I had.
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