Brendan Fraser To Play 500-Lbs. Gay Man In Movie Adaptation Of ‘The Whale’
Brendan Fraser will star in Darren Aronofsky‘s movie adaptation of the the award winning play, The Whale. Fraser will play the main character, Charlie, a 600 pound man in his 40s who teaches writing classes. The play takes place in Charlie’s Idaho apartment, and Charlie is slowly eating himself to death to cope with the death of his partner. The plot follows him as he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, who he had not seen since he abandoned his family for his gay lover, 15 years earlier. The play was written by Samuel D. Hunter and won a Drama Desk Award, the Lucille Lortel Aw...