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Brendan Fraser revealed that his son helped him connect with his morbidly obese character in his newest film, “The Whale.”
Fraser plays a 600-pound English teacher named Charlie who struggles to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, played by “Stranger Things” star Sadie Sink.
The actor, 53, reflected on living with his eldest son Griffin, 20, as he discussed the role.
“He just turned 20. He’s a big kid, he’s 6-foot-5. He’s got big hands and feet, a big body. I understand intimately what it is to be close to a person who lives with obesity,” Fraser told Interview magazine.
Griffin is the eldest of Fraser’s three sons (including Holden, 18, and Leland, 16) with his ex-wife Afton Smith.
