Brendan Fraser Gets Emotional Following Applause At The Whale Premiere

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It appears Brendan Fraser left quite the impression during the premiere of his new movie, The Whale, on September 4. It appears that not only did the audience love the movie as a whole, but they also particularly loved Fraser's performance as the film's lead, and they let him know it too.

At the Venice Film Festival, audiences cheered following The Whale's conclusion, but their roars became louder as Fraser stood up to acknowledge them. Fraser evidently appreciated the applause for his performance, as demonstrated by his reaction to all the cheers for his standout performance in the movie.

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At first, Fraser remained sitting, perhaps trying to avoid calling attention to himself and letting the audience cheer on the film and the cast as a whole. He was then goaded to stand up, so the audience could acknowledge specifically him and his performance. As Fraser listened to the cheers, he began to get emotional seeing how much the audience truly enjoyed his performance as the lead in his new film. Fraser has been away from movies for a long time now, so perhaps seeing audiences cheer him on in his latest film may serve as a shock to him, knowing how long it's been since he was praised as the lead in a movie.

Fraser's only just now getting back into the spotlight after being out of it for a while now. Fraser's participated in more movies of late, playing roles in movies such as Line of Descent and No Sudden Move. He did suffer a setback when Warner Brothers announced they were canceling Batgirl, where he was cast as the film's main villain, Firefly. However, The Whale is getting very strong reception mainly due to Fraser's performance as a 600-pound man who's only