Brendan Fraser talks The Whale with Adam Sandler, denies 'comeback' claims, and addresses obesity controversy: 'I felt empowered to be their voice'
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Fraser addressed the controversy surrounding the weight of his character Charlie, who in the movie has only five days to live and “needs to redeem himself in the very little amount of time he has left.” The actor famously wearsfor the film , but he still draws a distinction between this depiction of obesity, which “obey[s] the laws of physics and gravity, because we don’t see that in films” and fat-He continued: “It’s important to say this, because there are those who live with this disease.
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