Brendan Fraser brought home the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor for his performance in TheWhale, and fans are getting super emotional about his passionate speech.
After losing the Golden Globe, Brendan Fraser won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Whale and fans are getting super emotional over his speech. Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's psychological drama play has seen some divisive responses for its handling of its subject matter of morbid obesity, primarily in the film's usage of prosthetics and a "fat suit" to depict a 600-pound man.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY In the wake of the film's festival premieres, Fraser's performance in The Whale in turn earned him a lot of Oscar buzz, as well as leading the charts in a variety of other awards season chatter. This month saw both the Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Awards come and go, with Fraser not bringing home the statue at the former, but winning the Best Actor award at the latter, where he delivered a passionate speech.
Just two years ago, Chadwick Boseman garnered the Globe posthumously for his turn in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, only to lose the Oscar to Anthony Hopkins for his turn in The Father, a decision that proved controversial for many Boseman fans. The year prior saw a similar division among audiences when Taron Egerton brought home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Rocketman, only to be snubbed of any kind of Oscar nomination.
For some, Fraser bringing home the Critics' Choice Award for his performance in The Whale may be an even better sign for his potential to bring home the Oscar. Not only did he beat out Butler, but he's now established that he's no longer the underdog come awards season and that, in spite of the film's polarized response, critics are fully in love with Fraser's tear-jerking performance, setting him up for victory.
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