{"id":66252,"date":"2022-09-05T02:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T02:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/darren-aronofsky-brendan-frasers-the-whale-gets-big-ovation-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T02:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T02:36:03","slug":"darren-aronofsky-brendan-frasers-the-whale-gets-big-ovation-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/darren-aronofsky-brendan-frasers-the-whale-gets-big-ovation-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser&#8217;s The Whale Gets Big Ovation \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tBrendan Fraser&#8217;s return to the movies was greeted with an adoring reception on Sunday night in Venice, one which seemed to even catch the star himself by surprise. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n\t<em>The Whale<\/em> \u2014 Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s A24 drama touted as a career comeback for Fraser, the former Hollywood leading man who effectively disappeared from the big screen \u2014 had already been hyped as one of the must-watch films of the festival, and it garnered hugely positive responses following its first press screening on Saturday.  The crowd at the world premiere on the Lido was just as enthusiastic, giving the film a boisterous seven-minute standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tFraser gave several bows and was holding back tears as he appeared to be shaken and shocked by the reaction.  The actor stopped to sign autographs and pose for photos on the stairs, and he also shared a hug and a chat with Steve Buscemi, who was seated a few rows back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tAdapted from Samuel D. Hunter&#8217;s stage play, <em>The Whale<\/em> sees Fraser as a 600-pound recluse searching for redemption, while friends and family seek to offer him support and also exploit his good nature.  Hong Chau and Sadie Sink also stars. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tSpeaking at the film&#8217;s press conference earlier in the day, Fraser \u2014 a household name in the 1990s and early 2000s for major films including<em> The Mummy <\/em>franchise, <em>George of the Jungle<\/em> and more dramatic titles such as <em>Crash<\/em> \u2014 said he was \u201cjust trying to stay in the today,\u201d when asked if <em>The Whale<\/em> could mark a comeback.  \u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to how this movie will make a deep impression on everyone, much as it has on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tHe also described his character as a \u201clight in an enclosed dark space\u201d and someone with special resonance in today&#8217;s world of turmoil and decisiveness. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tAfter its Venice splashdown, <em>The Whale<\/em> travels to the Toronto International Film Festival before its North American release on Dec.  9. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan Fraser&#8217;s return to the movies was greeted with an adoring reception on Sunday night in Venice, one which seemed to even catch the star himself by surprise. The Whale \u2014 Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s A24 drama touted as a career comeback for Fraser, the former Hollywood leading man who effectively disappeared from the big screen \u2014 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/darren-aronofsky-brendan-frasers-the-whale-gets-big-ovation-the-hollywood-reporter\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser&#8217;s The Whale Gets Big Ovation \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66802,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/6-minute-ovation-for-the-whale-brings-brendan-fraser-to-tears\/","url_meta":{"origin":66252,"position":0},"title":"6 minute ovation for The Whale brings Brendan Fraser to tears","date":"September 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"(LR) Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, Hong Chau, Sadie Sink, Samuel D. 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