Brendon Fraser eats himself to death in Oscars favourite 'The Whale' trailer

The Brendon Fraserstarrer The Whale which emerged from the fall festival circuit with rave reviews for Frasers performance unveiled its trailer on Tuesday reports VarietyThe film has been directed by Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky who is joined by his longtime cinematographer Matthew Libatique Libatique has shot every Aronofsky movie to date except for The WrestlerThe trailer which is over a minute in length has sombre yet soft colour tones and shows Fraser in a bulked up form much like its title It goes onto throw dialogues from the film until Fraser yet again makes an appearance with a nasogastric tube running across his faceAlso ReadThe Mummy star Brendan Fraser to play villainous Firefly in BatgirlAccording to Variety The Whale earned a sixminute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival Screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and the London Film Festival earned similar standing ovations for Fraser For many Oscar pundits Fraser is the frontrunner for best actorIt felt so affirming Fraser told Variety in October regarding the enthusiasm surrounding his appearances all through the fall festivalsI was emotional because it was acknowledgment that what we did is making an impact And that kind of response feels completely new in my professional life Fraser saidThe film follows Charlie played by Fraser an English teacher living with obesity who has decided to eat himself to death His pain and misery stems from the abandonment and death of his gay lover leading to chronic bingeeatingCharlie struggles also to reconnect with his 17yearold daughter played by Stranger Things favourite Sadie Sink Now the 600pound man has one last shot at redemption with his childJoining Fraser and Sink in the film are Hong Chau Samantha Morton and Ty Simpkins The screenplay is adapted from playwright Samuel D Hunters play of the same nameThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever