


The movie, which is receiving plenty of Oscar buzz, is directed by Darren Aronofsky, the man behind such acclaimed films as The Wrestler, Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream. The Whale – the lowdownįraser's new film, The Whale, sees him play a 600-pound gay man trying to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. “I tried to do it three times.”Įven Fraser's trilogy saw somewhat dwindling returns, with the third film – 2008's The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – the least successful of all three. “I know how difficult it is to pull it off,” he added. The Mummy should be a thrill ride, but not terrifying and scary.

It was too much of a straight-ahead horror movie.

"That was what was lacking in that incarnation. “The ingredient that we had going for our Mummy, which I didn’t see in the new one, was fun. “It is hard to make that movie,” Fraser said. Brendan Fraser tipped to land Oscar nomination as The Whale receives six-minute standing ovation in VeniceĪ 2017 reboot starring Tom Cruise failed to repeat the success of Fraser's Mummy trilogy, ultimately losing money for Hollywood studio Universal Pictures.Get ready for the Brendanaissance: The Brendan Fraser comeback is upon us.But I’d be open to it, if someone came up with the right conceit.” Read More Related Articles Speaking to the publication in an interview to promote new film The Whale, Fraser did not reject the idea of returning to the franchise that made him an A-list star, saying: “I don’t know how it would work. In a new interview with Variety, the 53-year-old actor said he would not be against being involved in a new take on the early noughties action-adventure franchise – and also touched on why a 2017 reboot starring Tom Cruise did not work out. Brendan Fraser has revealed he would be 'open' to a reboot of the Mummy if someone came up with the right idea for it.
