Sadie Sink admits that she had not seen any of Brendan Fraser‘s movies until she was cast in ‘The Whale’ as his daughter. Of course, now, see has seen all of them and she even noted that she thought Frasier was “brilliant”. Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’ is gaining more and more attention that it certainly deserves from the media every other day.
Fraser starred as a recluse gay instructor named Charlie affected by obesity in Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’. For the film, Fraser donned prosthetics to portray Charlie at 600 pounds. This has been met with a mixture of pushback over not hiring an obese actor and praise for Fraser’s performance. However, Aronofsky defended that it was an impossible role to fill with a real person dealing with those issues.
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Why Sadie Sink Has Not Seen Any Of Brendan Fraser’s Movies Before ‘The Whale’?
Sadie Sink confessed that she has not seen any of Brendan Fraser’s movies until she was cast in ‘The Whale’ as his estranged daughter. “To be honest, I hadn’t seen any of his films. I didn’t grow up with his films,” the 20-year-old actor told me at the New York City premiere of ‘The Whale‘ Tuesday night at Alice Tully Hall. “Of course, now I’ve seen all of them.”
Sink’s favorite? “I love ‘School Ties,” the ‘Stranger Things’ star said. Fraser starred in the 1992 drama as a Jewish high schooler attending an exclusive prep school on a football scholarship. He decides to hide being Jewish when he realizes many of his classmates — including those played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon — are antisemitic. “I think Brendan is brilliant in it,” Sink said.
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Crowd Cheers For Ellen Burstyn At The Premiere Of ‘The Whale’
Among the guests at the premiere was Ellen Burstyn, who earned an Oscar nomination for her work in Aronofsky’s 2000 psychological drama ‘Requiem for a Dream’. Burstyn and Aronofsky walked the carpet together before ‘The Whale’ screening. When the filmmaker later announced she was there while introducing the film, the audience erupted in applause as Burstyn stood up and waved to the crowd.
The acting icon will be 90 years old on December 7. “I think the first award shows I ever went to was as Ellen’s date when she was nominated for ‘Requiem for a Dream,” Aronofsky told me on the carpet. “I was her plus one. That was the first time I really experienced [award seasons].”
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