Brendan Fraser was pictured with his girlfriend Jeanne Moore at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, Calif. on Thursday for a screening of his comeback film The Whale.
Fraser, 53, donned a stone blue suit with a white button-up top and navy tie. The Indianapolis, Indiana-born actor completed his ensemble with black shoes.
Moore, who made her first public appearance with Brendan at the Venice Film Festival last month, looked lovely in a mint green dress with a plunging top and dark blue clutch. She flipped her blonde locks back and donned a light layer of evening makeup.
Latest: Brendan Fraser, 53, was pictured with partner Jeanne Moore at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California on Thursday for a screening of his comeback film The Whale
Fraser, who has also been seen in films such as Encino Man, The Mummy and Crash, appears to be in the midst of a full-fledged career comeback with his performance in the Darren Aronofsky-directed film.
His performance as a morbidly obese professor named Charlie in the drama sparked huge excitement, as he received an extended standing ovation after the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival last month.
Since its premiere last month, The Whale has received rave reviews from critics and launched Brendan’s comeback after he stepped out of the spotlight after battling depression.
In footage shared on social media after the film screened, Brendan held back tears as he received a long standing ovation.
Fraser donned a stone blue suit with a buttoned white top and navy tie
Moore, who made her first public appearance with Brendan at the Venice Film Festival last month, looked lovely in a mint green dress with a plunging top and dark blue clutch.
She flipped her blonde locks and put on a light layer of evening makeup
The film marks the return of the legendary star after battling depression following a sexual assault complaint and being hospitalized and discharged for health issues.
The Whale is a psychological drama that saw Brendan undergo a physical transformation, as he played a 600-pound man confined to a wheelchair, a role for which he also had to wear prosthetics.
Its official synopsis reads, “A reclusive, severely obese English teacher tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.”
The film is set to hit theaters on December 9 and marks Brendan’s first starring role in a film since the direct-to-DVD thriller Breakout in 2013, leading many fans to believe this is his return.
Fraser rose to fame when he was cast in favorite kid-friendly movie franchises George of the Jungle and The Mummy.
His incredibly chiseled physique earned him a Hollywood heartthrob position as he thrashed around sets performing stunts in high-action roles.
The Whale is a psychological drama that saw Brendan undergo a physical transformation, as well as wearing prosthetics to play a man “living with obesity”.
Fraser appears to be in the midst of a full-fledged career comeback with his performance in the Darren Aronofsky-directed film.
Since its premiere last month, The Whale has received rave reviews from critics and launched Brendan’s comeback after he stepped out of the spotlight after battling depression.
The actor beamed as he appeared to support the highly anticipated drama
But Fraser revealed in a later interview the impact the stunts had on his body.
He told GQ in 2018 that when he filmed the third installment of The Mummy franchise, he was taped and frosted the wounds between takes.
Speaking from his home in Bedford, New York, he said the physical toll of his roles made him feel like a workaholic from the Orwell novel Animal Farm.
After rising to fame through action-packed films, Fraser described his buff physique as resembling “a walking steak”.
However, in the same interview, the actor revealed he believed he was blacklisted in Hollywood after claiming he was sexually assaulted by former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk in 2003.
Fraser claimed he was leaving a luncheon hosted by the HFPA at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Hollywood when Berk shook his hand.
Fraser said: “His left hand reaches out, grabs my cheek** and one of his fingers touches me in the filth. And he starts to move it.
Emotional: In footage shared on social media after the film was screened in Venice, Brenda held back tears as he received a long standing ovation
He added: “I felt bad. I felt like a little child. I felt like I had a lump in my throat. I thought I was going to cry.
Fraser claimed he was able to remove Berk’s hand before running out of the hotel and heading straight home. He told the incident to his then-wife, Afton Smith, but never made it public.
Instead, his representatives asked Berk for a written apology, which he provided, but did not admit to any wrongdoing.
Speaking to GQ about the claims, Berk acknowledged he had written a letter of apology to Fraser, but insisted he had done nothing wrong and dismissed Fraser’s account as “a total fabrication”.
After Fraser reported the claim to the HFPA, he said he thought he may have been “blacklisted” and was rarely invited back to the Golden Globe Awards.
Fraser said the incident caused him to “beat back” as he sank into depression.
He described feeling “not worthy” over the decade, which led him to take on roles he was less proud of.
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