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December 15, 2022
Forget the athletic actor who played the heroes in action films during the 1990s and 2000s. It’s a totally unrecognizable Brendan Fraser who returns to the spotlight following a long absence from the cinema to defend the main role of the drama. The Whalea morbidly obese man.
New film from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky adapted from a play of the same title by Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale (The whalein French version) tells the story of Charlie (Fraser), a literature professor weighing more than 600 pounds who can no longer leave his small apartment in Idaho, and who is forced to present his courses online in keeping his computer’s camera off.
Knowing that his days are numbered, Charlie will try to reconcile with his daughter (Sadie Sink), a rebellious teenager who still resents him for having abandoned them, her and her mother, to go live with one of his students a few years earlier. .
Brendan Fraser knew nothing regarding Samuel D. Hunter’s play until he got a call from Darren Aronofsky (The black swan, Mother!) a few months before the pandemic. The filmmaker had been struggling for quite a while to find the right actor to play this atypical character.
“When I met Darren, he didn’t even know if he was going to make the film because he was having trouble with the casting, said Brendan Fraser, during a meeting by videoconference with some journalists, the month last.
“He immediately wanted to know if I was ready for this kind of challenge. He told me it was a redemption story regarding a man who has regrets in life and wanted to reconnect with his daughter before she died.
“When I read the script, I immediately wanted to take part in this project despite the seriousness of the subject. I felt it was the right project to come back to cinema. I thought it would have more impact with the public to make a left turn when everyone was expecting me to make a right turn.
Hours of makeup
To slip into Charlie’s shoes, the 54-year-old actor had to spend between four and six hours in the makeup chair each morning before filming. To complete this physical transformation, he also had to wear prostheses weighing 300 pounds that were custom-designed in 3D by Montreal makeup specialist Adrien Morot.
In addition, to prepare for the role, the star of the films The Mummy et Journey to the Center of the Earth spent a lot of time with people from the Obesity Action Coalition, an organization that helps people with obesity.
“It was an experience that changed me physically and mentally,” says Brendan Fraser. I might remove this body at the end of the shooting day. But those who live with obesity on a daily basis are not so lucky. I know you can’t imagine what it means to live with that weight without having experienced it yourself.
“Personally, this experience gave me a lot of respect and empathy for these people. How, as a society, can we so cruelly and unjustly reject people suffering from obesity. The story told in the film takes place in a small apartment in Idaho. But it is a reality that exists everywhere across the country even in the world. »
The Whale hits theaters December 21.
If you follow the NBA at least, you know it very well: this season the race to become champion is at least as popular as that… to finish in the last three places in the League. Why ? Because Victor. Why ? Because Wembanyama. And in this little game, the Hornets are now positioning themselves very strongly.
Important note, for those who are still (?!?!?!) not aware: in a few months the phenomenon Victor Wembanyama will land in the NBA, and with this in mind regarding a third of NBA franchises have opted (or will soon opt) for a strategy aimed at losing the most matches, obviously in scred, in order to offer the best possible chances of recovering the French pheno in the next draft.
In this frantic race? Some well-known names, specialized for several years in the collection of tanks in the garage.
West ? The Rockets, who have already recovered Jalen Green, Jabari Smith or Alperen Sengun thanks to this clever technique, or even the Thunder, to hear them play the Playoffs every year but we are not fooled. Then the Spurs, well, last guests in the race and who would see themselves hitting the jackpot as was the case 25 years ago with a certain Tim Duncan. To the East ? The Pistons, dummies for too long and thus happy owners of young Cunningham, Ivey, Duren or Hayesthe Magic, whose project is much sexier at the moment, then the Pacers, a little too good at the start of the season but who might well join the race soon even if these madmen are still… in the positive (15-14).
Congratulations to all but all these beautiful people bow since this morning in front of the greatness (no) of an opponent taking everyone by surprise in this fabulous (no) snail race. The Charlotte Hornets, it is this very brave team we are talking regarding, thus lost their sixth game in a row last night, and if they also recorded the return of LaMelo Balllet’s say that it is especially the morning Top 10 who are likely to benefit from it.
Les prochains matchs des Hornets ? Atlanta, Denver, Sacramento, Lakers, Clippers, Warriors, Blazers, Thunder, Bucks, Nets… STOP, because we have just realized that for these Hornets, each game now looks like a mountain. Difficult to flex when your trio of offensive threats is made up of Terry Rozier, Kelly Oubre Jr. and PJ Washington, difficult to flex when your starting pivot in 2022 is named Mason Plumlee, even if we have nothing once morest the American union of masons. The leaders who are too often injured, the young people who are gifted but whose ceiling is hard to imagine (Jones, Richards, Bouknight, McGowens, Thor…) and a season that started too rickety anyway with half a dozen embarrassing extra-sporting cases, it’s starting to do a lot, we remind you that it’s only December 15th.
The Hornets are therefore the newest in the NBA and this assumption might take a while to change. We remind you that it is not THE last NBA record that is “advantaged” for the Lottery but the last three, but if we can add a little panache to Charlotte by going for a season in 15-67, we do not will surely not be deprived. Especially not this year.
News 24 | Meteorology: The Kingdom is not immune to extreme weather phenomena…and what happened in Jeddah amounts to that
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The National Center of Meteorology stated that the Kingdom is not immune from extreme weather phenomena that have become an obsession for the countries of the world.
The CEO of the center, Dr. Ayman Ghulam, said that what the city of Jeddah was exposed to on November 24; A meteorological phenomenon that rises to the level of an “extreme situation” in relation to the amount of rain and the time factor.
And he indicated that the center will harness all its technical, technical and human capabilities to facilitate the task of the authorities working in the field with weather phenomena by providing the most accurate information that will achieve these authorities’ capabilities in carrying out their field and precautionary work.
He added that the center works with all concerned sectors to raise readiness by developing and updating the mechanisms used in such phenomena to enable the center to achieve its goals and raise the ability of the authorities to accomplish their plans and actions.