Brendan Fraser gives emotional, tearful speech at Critics Choice Awards – National | 24CA News
Brendan Fraser delivered a passionate speech after he took house the Best Actor trophy on the Critics Choice Awards for his starring function in The Whale.
The much-beloved actor accepted the award throughout Sunday night time’s ceremony, beating out numerous different titan performances, together with Austin Butler, nominated for Elvis, and Colin Farrell, who was up for The Banshees of Inisherin.
Fraser, 54, started to cry when his title was known as. After he was handed the award on stage, Fraser referenced American author Herman Melville.
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“It was Herman Melville who once wrote that there are only five critics in America — the rest are asleep. I don’t know what it means, either, but I’m sure glad you woke up for me,” he mentioned.
Fraser then spoke on to The Whale director Darren Aronofsky, who beforehand mentioned it took 10 years to solid the suitable actor within the movie’s main function.
“Darren Aronofsky, I was in the wilderness, and I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs, but you’ve found me,” he mentioned. “And like all the best directors, you merely just showed me where to go to get to where I needed to be.”
He mentioned The Whale, which marked Fraser’s triumphant return to Hollywood, is about “love,” “redemption” and “finding the light in a dark place.” He additionally praised his co-stars Hong Chau and Sadie Sink.
As music started to play Fraser off the stage, he concluded with a strong message about perseverance.
“If you, like a guy like Charlie, who I played in this movie, in any way, struggle with obesity, or you just feel like you’re in a dark sea… I want you to know that if you too can have the strength to just get to your feet and go to the light, good things will happen.”
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The Whale follows Charlie, a 600-lb. man, who tries to construct a relationship together with his estranged daughter Ellie, performed by Sadie Sink.
After accepting his award, Fraser, who was nonetheless visibly emotional, informed reporters that the Critics Choice honour meant “more than I know how to say with words.”
Fraser is anticipated to be nominated for an Oscar for The Whale. When requested what a possible nomination would imply for him, Fraser joked that he must get one other swimsuit.
“It would mean a lot to me, like any other actor who dared to hope and to dream,” Fraser mentioned.
The Oscar nominations will probably be introduced on Jan. 24, 2023.
On Tuesday, Fraser’s efficiency in The Whale misplaced to Butler’s portrayal of Elvis Presley for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) on the Golden Globes. Fraser himself was not in attendance, having mentioned prior that he would skip the occasion after he claimed he was sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the group that organizes the Golden Globes.
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