Brendan Fraser’s transformation in “The Whale” is part of one of the most talked-about performances of the year. In the Darren Aronofsky-helmed film, Fraser plays Charlie, a house-bound 600 l…
In the Darren Aronofsky-helmed film, Fraser plays Charlie, a house-bound 600 lb. English teacher who teaches students virtually with his camera blacked out. He’s also working to salvage his relationship with his estranged daughter, played by Sadie Sink.was tasked with transforming the actor much more dramatically.Six hours of makeup and prep later and wearing prosthetics that weighed up to 300 pounds, Fraser transformed into Charlie.
Adrien Morot: We always start with doing a live cast of the actor which means putting alginate on the actor’s head down to doing a plaster copy of the actor’s head and body sculpting in clay. Then you make molds to create prosthetics. All the facial and body prosthetics were all done on the computer, the same way you would do them physically. That gave us a lot of freedom because we were able to modify them quickly. We gave them to Darren and he was able to do quick tweaks.
What it all gave us was this detail that’s almost impossible to obtain with more traditional means of sculpture. In the digital world, I could blow the eye bag up on a giant monitor and texture map everything to add in all these details.Courtesy Everett CollectionMorot: That was the biggest challenge I’ve ever had in my career.Morot: This movie is about Charlie’s story with his daughter. That’s really what it is. The makeup cannot be a distraction in any way despite what the character is.
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