Introduction: The once popular Hollywood male god superstar, after retiring for more than ten years, returned with a new work, this time he turned out to be a 550-pound fat man?
A generation of male gods Brandon Fisher may be a little strange to everyone, but when it comes to his works, you should have an impression, such as the movie "The Mummy" series, the movie "Forest Tarzan" and so on, these are all popular classic films. At that time, Brandon Fisher won the love of countless fans with his excellent acting skills. As one of the most handsome male actors in Hollywood, his appearance can even compete with Xiao Lizi.
Everyone has the impression that he should be so charming and beautiful:
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However, at the recent film festival, he turned out to look like this:
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I have to say that this look difference is shocking to drop the chin, it is almost as fat as two people!
After The Mummy 3 aired, Brandon Fisher gradually retired. After a long period of silence, he recently made a strong comeback at the Venice Film Festival with his work "Whale". He is no longer the handsome and handsome appearance he used to be, and in the film he broke through himself and played a 550-pound fat man.
In order to play this "fat horn" well, Fisher needs to wear a set of prosthetics and prostheses to increase weight, and the maximum weight increase is about 270 pounds. Before the premiere, Fisher said in an interview: "[Wearing these] is cumbersome and very uncomfortable... At the end of the day, when I take off my prosthesis, I feel vertigo, like the undulating feeling of stepping onto a boat in Venice from the docks. It takes mental and physical fitness to be strong enough to do it. Although the image is not as handsome as before, and the shooting is difficult, Fisher's dedication to the character is commendable.
Stills from the film "The Whale"
Of course, his efforts have also been rewarded accordingly. This new work won the praise and cheers of the audience. In his review of The Whale, film critic Owen Gleiberman called Fisher's acting skills "more skilled, more subtle and more mesmerizing than before" and said that Fisher's performance was "very lifelike and touching".
After the premiere, the audience gave a standing ovation. During the six-minute applause, Fisher was deeply moved and could not cry. His brilliant performance in the film will also make him a strong contender for the Oscar for best actor this year.
Acting career, highlight moments
Born in the United States in 1968, Brandon Fisher was a Tourism Canada officer and of German, Irish, Scottish and Czech descent. He was fascinated by theater at an early age, and later he was admitted to Coney Poetry College to study theater. In the early '90s, Fisher began to make his way into Hollywood, and his first feature film was 1991's Fighting Dogs. The following year, he received his first lead role in the comedy film The Man of Ancino.
Stills from the film "The Ancinos"
In the same year, he won attention with his superb acting skills in the TV series "Campus Storm", in which Big Ben and Matt Damon were his supporting roles.
Stills from the film "Campus Storm"
In 1997, Fisher co-starred with Leslie Mann in the comedy film Forest Tarzan, which also achieved good box office success.
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Beginning in 1999, with his performance in the "The Mummy" series, Fisher became famous in one fell swoop, became a generation of male gods, and achieved the peak of his acting career. The Mummy was a fairly successful box office for both the first and second films, and thus became Fisher's masterpiece. In 2004, Fisher also starred in the Academy Award for the film Crash.
Stills from the film The Mummy
In 2006, Fisher officially became a member of the Canadian Walk of Fame, the first American-born actor to receive this honor. In 2008, Fisher gradually faded from the audience's vision after starring in the third part of the "The Mummy" series.
Being sexually harassed, career obstruction
In 2018, Fisher first made public the reason for his retirement – being sexually harassed. In a GQ interview, Fisher said Philip Burke, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, had sexually harassed him. The former chairman grabbed between his hips and did not let go for a long time. The event lingered in Fisher's memory: "I feel sick ... At that time, I felt like my throat was blocked, and I wanted to cry without tears. ”
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Fisher said in an interview that the incident left him frustrated and distressed. And felt that after he exposed the incident, it seemed that the Motion Picture Association of America blacklisted him, and he was rarely invited to the Golden Globes after that.
Sick and injured, life is frustrated
The sexual harassment incident caused Fisher to suffer serious mental injuries, on the other hand, because of his appearance in the stunt movie, Fisher suffered from injuries and illnesses, and his body also suffered huge injuries. In an interview with GQ, Fisher said: "I may have tried too hard to shoot the scene in a destructive way. ”
For 7 years, Fei could not help but repeatedly go to the hospital, because of these injuries he underwent many surgeries, including back, waist surgery, knee replacement surgery and so on. Fisher said the injuries were also one of the many reasons he stayed out of the spotlight.
In life, Fisher did not live well and had a failed marriage. After five years with actress Afton Smith, Fisher married in 1998 and conceived three children in a nine-year marriage. In 2007, he divorced his wife and was caught up in the maelstrom of economic property disputes.
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Fisher's ex-wife demanded $900,000 in divorce alimony and child support for their three children because none of them were minors at the time of the divorce. Because the amount demanded by his ex-wife was so high, Fisher was "bankrupt" and unable to meet his payment obligations. The lovers who were once in love eventually tore their faces.
After all this mental pain, physical torture, and unsatisfactory life, Fisher fell into depression and went on a long period of time.
Fortunately, now he has come out of the pain, although his figure and appearance are no longer what they were, but his superb acting skills and expressiveness have also made his transformation road very smooth. I believe that Fisher will not live up to the love of fans, and will bring you more good works in the future.