Can you guess which movie is Brendan Fraser's most 'heroic' and 'physical' role ever?

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17 Nov 2022, 13:03

Brendan Fraser has shared one specific role in his vast acting back catalogue that has stuck with him and which he considers to be his most 'heroic' and 'physical' character to date.

Although the George of the Jungle star has been away from our screens for years since taking a 'brief' break from Hollywood after health and personal issues, he's back and audiences are loving his 'Brenaissance'.

The actor told GQ: "Maybe I wasn't supposed to be doing stuff that was rough-and-tumble, fall down, go boom, all my career.

"Harrison Ford still makes this joke. I hear him doing it, going, 'I get paid to fall down hard'. That’s his one-liner.

"And you know what, he's not wrong. I understand what it feels like to have that be your prime directive."

On playing Charlie in the much-anticipated psychological drama The Whale, he continued: "I have beat s**t up and fallen down, been lit on fire and thrown against walls, and that's fine. That was okay. I liked that. I had fun.

"Yeah, it put some chips in the paint, but I'm still here, damn it. But this was probably the most heroic character I've ever played."

Starring as 'an obese and reclusive English teacher who tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption' in the film alongside Stranger Things' Sadie Sink, he said about the challenging role: "I think that Charlie is a real hero and I think he has a superpower too.

"He's the man who can see the good in others, they can't see that in themselves. Tragically, he can't see it in himself, it takes his daughter to show him."

You can read our exclusive with him here.