Los Angeles (USA), Mar 12 (EFE).- Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for best actor tonight for his role as a morbidly obese English teacher in the film “The Whale” by Darren Aronofsky.
Brendan Fraser has thus beaten the other favorite in this category, Austin Butler for his performance in “Elvis”, as well as Collin Farrell, (“The Banshees of Inisherin”); Paul Mescal (Aftersun) and Bill Nighy (Living).
The actor, who has been missing from the industry for years after starring in action hits in the 1990s such as “George of the Jungle” and “The Mummy”, has returned in style with this role, that of an obese English teacher morbid woman who tries to curry favor with her daughter in the most agonizing days of her life.
Visibly moved and with a broken voice, Fraser accepted this award thanking the film’s director, Darren Aronofsky, for giving him the role of a lifetime and for embarking him on this “boat with the whale”, in reference to the film’s title.
He recalled that he began his career thirty years ago and at that time when he had many facilities he did not know how to thank them. “Until she stopped,” she lamented.
“Thank you for this recognition because I couldn’t have done it sooner,” Fraser said.
Brendan Fraser has had in his hands a character that Hollywood likes, no matter how tormented he is looking for redemption and because it required a great physical transformation of the actor. He would put on a 300-pound prosthesis to become Charlie.
The Oscar has been the icing on the cake for Fraser in an awards season, since with this role he also obtained the one from the Actors Union and the Hollywood Critics Association.
