Brendan Fraser has returned to Hollywood.
But was he ever gone?
He lived a nomadic childhood
Brendan Fraser has been a global citizen since the beginning.
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“I didn’t fit in.
… We were like gang members in suits and ties,” he said, recalling his time there.
Like his father, Fraser secured dual American-Canadian citizenship.
So inextricably seeped is he in the cultural zeitgeist of that bygone era.
Though the marketability of Fraser’s films relied on entertainment, their impact was also socially profound.
“People don’t like me, they like the movies.
But at the time, his initial career peak seemed to play havoc with his self-esteem.
I don’t know why people may think I am.”
In 2003, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosted a charity event where Fraser was present.
Though Berk denied the allegation, he rendered Fraser a written apology at the time.
He told his then-wife Afton Smith what had transpired but didn’t publicize the story in the media.
“I was blaming myself and I was miserable,” Fraser said.
Even so, Fraser has said he won’t ever make his way back to the Globes.
Much of that weight was courtesy of a prosthetic suit that left Fraser feeling physically and emotionally challenged.
Playing the iconic adventurer Rick O’Connell naturally involved adventure perhaps a bit too much.
The close-call incident apparently knocked Fraser out, prompting him to call timeout for the day.
The biggest challenge for director Aronofsky, meanwhile, was the casting.
He seems to share a special bond with the youth
Brendan Fraser is a nice guy.
Perhaps the nicest guy in town ifGQ magazineis to be believed.
His easygoing affinity to humor the younger audience is a dead giveaway of his agreeable nature.
The support showered on him is no match for the encouragement Fraser graces youngsters with.
“I was put together with tape and ice …
I knew I would get better, but it took a long time” (viaThe Telegraph).
Plus, he wasn’t stepping on scales: “I don’t believe them.”
His sage wisdom is also fitting in the context of his extracurricular activities with bows and arrows: archery.
Photography is among his more practical interests that he can indulge in.
