He rose to super stardom before disappearing from the limelight … This is the incredible comeback story of Brendan Fraser.
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00:00Did you have a moment in your career where you thought,
00:02oh, I made it?
00:04Nope.
00:05I feel like I'm still waiting for someone to walk in
00:07and tell me that the jig is up.
00:08We are who we are, no matter what we are.
00:11And we are the sum of all, if not everything that we collect,
00:21but of our experience.
00:24We get tickets to see anything.
00:25We could get our hands on Jesus Christ Superstar,
00:27or The Mouse Trap, or whatever funny old mystery
00:31that was on stage.
00:33It opened up like a giant toy box to me,
00:35and I thought, I want to do that.
00:38We get tickets to see anything.
00:39We could get our hands on Jesus Christ Superstar,
00:42or The Mouse Trap, or whatever funny old mystery
00:45that was on stage.
00:47It opened up like a giant toy box to me,
00:49and I thought, I want to do that.
01:08His story is that he wants to belong.
01:10For all that need of wanting to belong,
01:12I identified with that, because I felt like,
01:15I want to be a part of this Hollywood, also.
01:18I love filmmaking, and I'm always
01:20interested in diverse roles.
01:21And this one presented the biggest challenge today for me.
01:24So, ever the hero at heart, I was up for a role.
01:48Why are they going to do this to me?
02:08Why did I sign on for this?
02:09Why am I going to be dangled upside down
02:11and thrown at the ground?
02:12I've learned that you can't literally throw yourself
02:14into the job in a way that can harm you.
02:44It's important to unburden yourself with the things you just don't need anymore, so
02:53I can go forward now.
02:54I was inspired by others with courage, and I was able to speak what I needed to say.
03:14I hope that viewers bring whatever opinions or preconceived notions they have about those
03:24who live with obesity to the film, and they are challenged by its content, and hopefully
03:33by story's end, we can change some hearts and minds.