{"id":209373,"date":"2023-01-16T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=209373"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:10:50","slug":"brendan-frasers-speech-for-the-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/brendan-frasers-speech-for-the-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Brendan Fraser\u2019s Speech Leaves Audience in Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year\u2019s Golden Globe awards ceremony was held on 15th January in Los Angeles. While everyone was raving about Austin Butler and his amazing performance in Elvis, none can forget the amazing speech that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/brendan-fraser-isnt-going-to-golden-globes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Brendan Fraser\">Brendan Fraser<\/a> made <strong>after winning the Critics choice award<\/strong> for his role in the movie titled \u2018The Whale.\u2019 The movie is about a teacher that lives a reclusive life due to his size (he weighed 600lbs).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brendan Fraser\u2019s reaction to winning Best Actor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CriticsChoiceAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CriticsChoiceAwards<\/a><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tb7sSPHTs0\">pic.twitter.com\/tb7sSPHTs0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1614816398953582592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brendan and Ke Huy both getting the recognition they deserve after so long and celebrating with each other?! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AW4ulfowJ4\">pic.twitter.com\/AW4ulfowJ4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MediumSizeMeech\/status\/1614824777197260801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brendan not only won hearts with his performance as Charlie (the teacher) in the movie, he also won hearts with his speech telling the audience that if they are in a dark place and have the strength to move towards the light, good things will happen to them, just like it did for him in his personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FmkIxycXgAILi16?format=jpg&amp;name=medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Everyone Loves Brendan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brendan has always been known as the romantic lead with a funny streak. He made his debut in 1991 with a short role in Dogfight. His acting talent was seen in Encino Man and George of <a href=\"https:\/\/temple-jungle-run-3d.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Jungle<\/a>. Both were superhits and took Brendan to great heights. He became a global superstar after the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/the-mummy-demastered.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mummy<\/a> in 1999. His Mummy trilogy took him to great heights in his career; however, the movies took a toll on him physically. Toward the end of the third Mummy movie, Brendan needed surgery on his knee, vocal cords, and spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"Brendan Fraser Golden Globe Speech\" class=\"wp-image-209372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Everyone-Loves-Brendan.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2003 Controversy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite delivering blockbusters throughout his career, all was not well in his personal life. In 2018, he claimed that he was assaulted by Philip Berk in 2003. Berk was the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) head at that time. Although Berk denied this story and called it fabricated, <strong>it caused Brendan to withdraw from the spotlight<\/strong> due to depression. He claimed that he was made to blame himself for what had happened and felt miserable about it. He even claimed that the HFPA blacklisted him, and his movie career came to a standstill.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Comeback With the Whale<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>His comeback with <strong>Darren Aronofsky<\/strong>\u2019s The Whale is one of the most inspiring stories, not only on screen but off-screen as well. <strong>Critics<\/strong> praised Brendan\u2019s work, and his portrayal of Charlie was spot-on. This movie was outside Brendan\u2019s comfort zone, and it didn\u2019t portray the hunk that everyone fell in love with back in the 1990s. It even got appreciation from Brendan\u2019s co-star from The Mummy Returns, Hollywood megastar Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Time To Look Forward<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Denise Tyrell, who authored <strong>Brendan Fraser<\/strong>\u2019s bio (unauthorized) in 2001, said that everyone loved Brendan\u2019s portrayal as a serious character. Tyrell concluded by saying that Brendan\u2019s days of <a href=\"https:\/\/sphinx-and-the-cursed-mummy.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chasing mummies<\/a> and wooing women are over, and it\u2019s time for the actor to turn over new pages in his life and move forward with serious work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s Golden Globe awards ceremony was held on 15th January in Los Angeles. While everyone was raving about Austin Butler and his amazing performance in Elvis, none can forget the amazing speech that Brendan Fraser made after winning the Critics choice award for his role in the movie titled \u2018The Whale.\u2019 The movie is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/brendan-frasers-speech-for-the-whale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Emotional Brendan Fraser\u2019s Speech Leaves Audience in Tears&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":209371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3783],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-209373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brendan-fraser"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322600,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209373\/revisions\/322600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209373"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=209373"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=209373"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=209373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}