“And the lengths we went to to portray the realism of the make-up has never been done before.
One of my first calls after casting Brendan was to my makeup artist, Adrien Morot.
I asked him, ‘Can we do something that’s realistic?’
Darren Aronofsky says ‘The Whale’ controversy ‘makes no sense’ to him.Taylor Hill/WireImage; A24
Because if it’s going to look like a joke, then we shouldn’t do it.”
“People with obesity are generally written as bad guys or as punchlines,” Aronofsky continued.
So [the controversy] makes no sense to me.
Brendan Fraser makes an emotional comeback in ‘The Whale’.A24
That didn’t exist in the design of Charlie," Fraser continued.
The Whaleis now playing in limited theatrical release via A24.
Watch EW’s Awardist interview with Fraser above.
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