The return of Brendan Fraser to the cinema has his fans enthusiastic, the same ones who have remained attentive to his career after his sudden exit from the great Hollywood productions.
After having turned 53 on December 3, more than one wonders what happened to the interpreter, why he left the industry and what are the next jobs he will have, for which he has earned the interest – again – of the public.
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With a career that began in 1991, from 1997 to 2003 the name of Brendan Fraser was in its prime. In that season he released several films and many of them managed to be box office successes. However, something happened and it caused him to step aside.
Philip Berk, Brendan Fraser, and the Beverly Hills Incident
In 2018, in a very personal interview with GQ, the actor, joining the #MeToo movement, stated that journalist Philip Berk abused him in 2003. The incident, he said, happened at the Beverly Hills hotel after a lunch organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
Although the news achieved great repercussion, Fraser decided not to press charges against Berk, fearing that the complaint would make him relive the ordeal. “After that I became a lonely person. Made me back down, made me secluded”, He confessed to the magazine. This case, plus his physical problems and his notorious divorce, caused him to leave the industry.
What happened to Berk? The now 88-year-old man never admitted the accusation and remained part of the HFPA until 2020. He would be expelled that year after leaking emails calling Black Lives Matter a “racial hatred movement.”
The rebirth of Brendan Fraser and a message from his fans
At this point, we know that Fraser didn’t stop working, but he did pull away from big-name studios in Hollywood. At the time there was talk about a supposed veto and an entry to the so-called “black list” of cinema, but he has his point of view on the matter:
“I don’t know if you should use the word ‘blacklist’, but I felt like it’s a time that goes by in the career of any interpreter, the phones stop ringing. I don’t know if it had anything to do with what I said, nor do I know if the HFPA has the power to decide who does what. Now I feel like I’m living in a new day and I feel good, ”the actor told Sway’s Universe in 2019.
Over the years, Brendan Fraser has resumed his career, has returned to the big leagues of film and television and his first big success was in 2019 with Doom Patrol.
Also, 2021 has become one of his best years, since it was announced that he had shot a movie entitled The whale with Darren Aronofsky and is getting ready to film Killers of the flower moon, a tape by Martin Scorsese, director with whom he will work for first time. As if this were not enough, the interpreter confirmed that it will be part of the HBO Max movie Batgirl, where he will apparently give life to the villain.
Without a doubt, it is his fans who celebrate the good streak of Brendan Fraser, an actor who recently got to know the affection of his audience. Last August, in a chat with LittleLottieCosplay on TikTok, he was shocked to learn how much his followers want to see his upcoming projects.
“You are totally supported on the internet! There are so many people out there who love you and follow you, and they can’t wait to see what you’ll do after this, ”the interviewer commented to the surprise of the actor, who didn’t think his answer would go viral.
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