So people will just dive into the story and see Charlie for the rest of the movie?

Those were the biggest challenges right off the bat."

How did Fraser handle the added weight?

The Whale

Makeup artist Adrien Morot (right) gets ‘The Whale’ star Brendan Fraser into his prosthetic makeup.A24

Morot recalls, “Brendan was like, ‘You’re the expert I trust you.

The only thing that I want is to verify that it’s accurate and respectful.

I don’t want this to be a joke.

I don’t want this to be a punchline.'”

Watch our exclusive clip of the software process above.

It’s all in the latest edition of EW’sThe Awardistdigital magazine.