Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I looked at other body suits that had been used in comedies over the years, usually for a one-note joke,” Fraser told Vanity Fair ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Brendan Fraser has defended the use of a fat suit in his upcoming movie ...

Soap and hygiene company Dove took a moral stand on Monday against Academy Award-winning film, "The Whale," slamming it for starring an actor in a fat suit rather than featuring an obese actor. The ...

"I guess you can go ahead and wear a fat suit and do what you got to do and get your Oscar. We'll just sit here, waiting," Daniel Franzese tells PEOPLE Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at ...

"We felt an obligation to ensure that it was cumbersome," Fraser said amid controversy over the film's prosthetics. Fraser, who transformed into a 600-pound man for the role by carrying between 50 and ...

Darren Aronofsky said he doesn't understand the backlash against "The Whale." The film stars Brendan Fraser as a teacher with obesity who's grieving his boyfriend's death. The actor wore a fat suit ...

“The Whale” director Darren Aronofosky has shed critics who say his critically acclaimed film promotes “fatphobia.” At the center of the controversy is a fat suit worn by star Brendan Fraser, 54, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brendan Fraser opened up about his experience wearing a fat suit for his new film "The Whale." In a new interview, the "Mummy" ...

"I needed to learn to absolutely move in a new way," Brendan Fraser said of playing a 600 lbs. man in The Whale, which premiered Sunday at the Venice International Film Festival Tommy McArdle is a ...

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Brendan Fraser said he felt "a sense of vertigo" removing his fat suit while filming "The Whale." During a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, Fraser recalled acting in the heavy suit. He ...

Fraser called the prosthetic suit “beautiful and arresting,” but wearing it on set each day of filming was a different story. The actor said transforming into his “The Whale” character was “cumbersome ...