This yr has seen the return of beloved actor Brendan Fraser to the highlight, due to his acclaimed efficiency in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale.
The movie, primarily based on the play by Samuel D. Hunter and which premiered in Venice, acquired a six-minute standing ovation on the competition that diminished the actor to tears.
Fraser performs morbidly overweight man who desperately tries to reconnect along with his daughter. It's his first main function since 2013 and marks a triumphant comeback for the Mummy trilogy star, which many are dubbing “The Brenaissance.”
And rightly so, since Fraser’s efficiency has been praised to the rafters and reminds audiences to what extent he’s been missed from the massive display screen. He's seen as a transparent frontrunner relating to the upcoming awards season, with many pundits already betting that the Oscar for Finest Actor is his to lose.
Nevertheless, Fraser confirmed to GQ journal that he is not going to take part within the Golden Globes if he's nominated, resulting from his accusation that Philip Berk, former president and member of the HFPA (Hollywood International Press Affiliation), sexually assaulted him at a 2003 luncheon on the Beverly Hills Lodge.
“I've extra historical past with the Hollywood International Press Affiliation than I've respect for the Hollywood International Press Affiliation,” Fraser mentioned within the interview.
“No, I can't take part… It’s due to the historical past that I've with them. And my mom didn’t increase a hypocrite. You may name me loads of issues, however not that.”
Fraser has beforehand detailed his psychological and bodily well being points following the incident, saying that his expertise with Berk “made me retreat” from Hollywood. It additionally made him really feel like “one thing had been taken away from me.”
Following Fraser’s accusation, the HFPA opened an investigation into the matter, which GQ stories ended with the HFPA proposing Fraser signal a joint assertion that learn: “Though it was concluded that Mr. Berk inappropriately touched Mr. Fraser, the proof helps that it was supposed to be taken as a joke and never as a sexual advance.”
Fraser refused to signal, and Berk remained a voting member of the HFPA.
Berk by no means confronted any type of disciplinary motion from the group, however was ultimately expelled from the HFPA over calling Black Lives Matter a “racist hate motion.”
The welcome comeback and the return nobody requested for
Whereas there's each purpose to have a good time the comeback of Brendan Fraser, there's one return that we might have carried out with out.
The Golden Globes are again subsequent yr on 10 January, after two years of upheaval which began when the Los Angeles Occasions revealed a 2021 report that exposed that the HFPA had no Black members.
It was taken off the air by broadcaster NBC and returned and not using a ceremony this yr, with the non-awards handed out throughout a scaled down and non-aired ceremony on the Beverly Hilton.
Now, nevertheless, NBC has said it's dedicated to broadcasting the ceremony subsequent yr, prompting the query why anybody within the trade would proceed to entertain the HFPA or resolve to prop up their already horrible fame as an allegedly corrupt and provenly non-diiverse group of non-influencers who dish out awards to the best bidders.
Fraser added that “in the mean time” he doesn't consider in any of the reforms the HFPA has made within the final yr, and his statements can solely be applauded.
Time will inform whether or not celebrities who boycotted the awards will come crawling again or if the trade will take heed to folks like Fraser, whose profession might have bypassed a comeback had the systemic abuse inherent to the Hollywood system been tackled head-on.
In the interim, right here is the trailer for The Whale:
The Whale comes out in cinemas within the US subsequent month and begins its European theatrical rollout within the first quarter of 2023.
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