First images of Brendan Fraser’s transformation for ‘The Whale’ revealed.

Just days away from Brendan Fraser walking the Oscars red carpet March 12 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. And for this, A24 has revealed a series of unpublished images in which the ‘The Mummy’ actor can be seen in an impressive process of physical transformation until he can stand on the feet of the protagonist of ‘The whale’ .

To promote the film, A24 revealed the First images of Brendan Fraser’s transformation in ‘The whale’. Through a small time-lapse video, you can see the spectacular work of the makeup artists and prosthetic artists, to achieve the look of Charlie, a man of almost 300 kilos, online teacher and father of a teenager, played by Sadie Sink from ‘Things stranger’.

To get the look you want, Brendan Fraser spent six hours in the makeup department, before starting with the recordings of ‘The Whale’, which is already in the cinema. “Brendan Fraser delivers the most transformative, and yes, impressive, acting work in his 30-year career,” writes the video’s description, with an excerpt from the review written by Variety.

The prosthetics to achieve Charlie’s look were the work of Adrien Morot, an artist who has previously been nominated for his work on films such as ‘The World According to Barney’, as well as ‘X-Men: Days of the Future’. ” Past’ , or the recent ‘M3GAN’. And also as he talks about the challenges of making prosthetics for Brendan Fraser, at a time when the health crisis has prevented him from doing so physically.

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Here’s How They Got The Look Of Brendan Fraser In ‘The Whale’

As the health crisis prevented physical meetings, Morot had to ask Brendan Fraser various challenges to get the final look of ‘The whale’. First, they made several Zoom calls where he had to take measurements and finally create a cast of the actor’s head, using a digital scanner with an iPad, from the actor’s garage.

As for the rest of the body, they had to include a series of gelatinous water chains in the prosthetics to make Brendan Fraser’s movements more realistic to the eye. Once all the makeup work was done, the production team had to help the actor move around the set or get him a wheelchair, as well as put ice packs on him to help with the warmth of suiting up.

“I learned quickly that it takes an incredibly strong person inside that body to be that person. I found it logical and poetic and practical all at the same time,” Brendan Fraser said of putting himself in Charlie’s shoes. “These people, this community, are being judged by doctors when they go to seek medical care. most of the world. This film shows that, like all of us, we are human and that we are good, bad, with failures and hopes, with joys and sorrows, and that we have all those colors inside us”.