On September 5, "The Whale," directed by Darren Aronofsky, premiered at the Venice Film Festival! Brendan Fraser, Sadie Zink, Laura Harrier, Zhou Hong, Judy Turner-Smith and others appeared on the premiere red carpet.
"Behemoth", also translated as "Whale", is scheduled to be released in North America on December 9 and is produced by A24. Based on the play of the same name by Samuel D. Hunter, the film focuses on the six-hundred-pound Charlie, played by Brandon Fisher, in a dilapidated apartment in rural Idaho, who lives in seclusion and stubbornly wants to "eat himself to death." And Charlie's friends Liz (a cynical atheist nurse) and Elder Thomas (a young and promising Mormon missionary) both try to save him, both physically and mentally.
However, only her daughter Ellie, who is estranged from Charlie, can show him a future beyond her current state of despair, and although Ellie is snarky, hateful, and full of thorns, Charlie can find one last chance, maybe even a glimmer of hope, in her.
After the premiere of "Behemoth", the media reputation was also lifted. The current Rotten Tomatoes freshness is 67% (6 ratings 4 fresh and 2 rotten), MTC is 71 points (12 ratings 8 good 3 out of 1 bad). Despite the mediocre performance, the performance of the male protagonist Brandon Fisher received high praise! There was also a touching moment at the premiere, when Brandon Fisher received a 6-minute standing ovation from the audience after the screening, and Brandon bent down to thank the audience and burst into tears.
At that time, Brandon Fisher became very popular with his handsome and sexy appearance, starred in "Tarzan", "The Mummy" series, "Adventures in the Center of the Earth", "Crash" and other works, and later experienced a low point or even no film to act, and now he is about to usher in the second spring of his career, many media people are optimistic about Brandon Fisher's impact on next year's Oscar "Movie Emperor".
Comments from some media people
The Daily Telegraph: The choice of Brandon Fisher to star in this film is very touching, partly because we can still recognize the beloved character under the thick fat, but also because Fisher's own performance is not sympathetic, and his role of Charlie is complex, imperfect, interesting and fully human, a character that is full and complete in many ways.
TIME: Sometimes an actor can help reduce a director's weaknesses, and this film's Fisher is like that.
Slashfilm: Brandon Fisher is undoubtedly the greatest strength of Aronofsky's unoriginal Behemoth.
It is worth mentioning that the Toronto Film Festival has previously announced the award of Brandon Fisher's "Performance Tribute" award in recognition of his performance in the new film "Behemoth", which will be held on September 8-18.