ManaByte
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‘Batgirl’: Brendan Fraser To Play Villain In New Warner Bros And DC Pic Starring Leslie Grace
Brendan Fraser is set to join Leslie Grace in Warner Bros and DC Films’ Batgirl.
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‘Batgirl’: Brendan Fraser To Play Villain In New Warner Bros. And DC Pic Starring Leslie Grace
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
manfestival
Member
He fat
Jeff Spicoli
Member
Good for him!
ManaByte
Gold Member
He's the best thing about Doom Patrol.
Little Mac
Member
From that picture, I could see him as Clayface.
Danteyke223
Member
I love that he's getting a revival, and I'm happy for him. Did the MeToo movement ever mention his experiences, or was he just ignored on that front ? Also his and Robin Williams's life is just a sad as fuck reminder not to get married.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Age and depression
There was a giantbomb video on the brendan fraser story.
But from Wikipedia
The stunts Fraser performed in his action roles eventually required him to undergo several surgeries over a period of seven years, including a partial knee replacement, a laminectomy, and vocal cord surgery.
Fraser alleged in 2018 that he was sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, at a luncheon in the summer of 2003. The assault, his subsequent divorce, and the death of his mother launched Fraser into a depression that, combined with his health issues and a backlash within the industry over speaking out against Berk, he believes caused his career to decline.
But from Wikipedia
The stunts Fraser performed in his action roles eventually required him to undergo several surgeries over a period of seven years, including a partial knee replacement, a laminectomy, and vocal cord surgery.
Fraser alleged in 2018 that he was sexually assaulted by Philip Berk, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, at a luncheon in the summer of 2003. The assault, his subsequent divorce, and the death of his mother launched Fraser into a depression that, combined with his health issues and a backlash within the industry over speaking out against Berk, he believes caused his career to decline.
Just read up on Wikipedia. No wonder he looks like hell, he lived through it. And the #MeToo stuff just goes to show how one-sided the whole thing is. A woman speaks up, people rally for support. But God forbid a man speak up, nothing will get done and he’ll get slammed. I fucking hate Hollywood at times.
Slammed by whom?
BlackM1st
Banned
Bruh. That's rough. Poor guy. He's one of my all time favorites...
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
It's always been a hypocritical and politically weaponized altruistic farce with select targets. The only one that stuck true to the roots and not to the cult, was Rose McGowen, she surprised a lot of people.
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I really enjoyed his stuff as a kid, still love George of the Jungle and The Mummy. The whole thing about him actually being choked in that movie was something that I learnt recently.
BlackM1st
Banned
Yeah, same. Guy genuinely made me smile as a kid, so it's really sad to see such things happening to a guy like him.
It says right there in the Wiki article, and it’s all over Google. He might not have been slammed in the way I use it, but he was effectively ‘cancelled’ for speaking out, and basically accused of lying about it.
By the guilty parties whom were trying to do the same to the other women and men that previously raised the same issues, right?
This whole comparison of the treatment of victims is missing the point which is guilty shits got away with it for so long and the system that enabled that.
Why are you acting like I’m saying the whole #MeToo movement should be ignored?
Edit: I’m not even going to indulge this conversation further. It’s not relevant.
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I am not saying that's your position. I am just saying that the comparison of the treatment of victims by other third parties isn't helpful. Brendan Fraser should have been treated better just like many other women and men before him.
The people raising the support and the people slamming the man are different, right? If so, what's the point in comparing the two situations and the behaviour of the two different groups of people.
Also happy to end it here as well. All hail Rick O'Connnell.
Need to find it in the UK, think it might be on prime videoPeople, if you have HBO Max watch Doom Patrol. He's in the pilot and then he's the voice of Robot Man throughout the series (he's not in the suit) and he's awesome in it.
Also if anyone has hbo max I'd strongly advise to not waste your time watching doom patrol. It starts off with promise but goes full blown netflix original before the first season ends and without spoiling anything the next 2 seasons were killed dead in the name of subverting the audience expectations.
Shadowplay1979
Member
wow he could play rodney dangerfield‘Batgirl’: Brendan Fraser To Play Villain In New Warner Bros And DC Pic Starring Leslie Grace
Brendan Fraser is set to join Leslie Grace in Warner Bros and DC Films’ Batgirl.
Ammogeddon
Member
That’s exactly what I thought.
We all get old and change but damn it’s sad to see him like that. He was a good looking movie star back in the day, and not that long ago either.
I would love to see him make a comeback. He’s a super nice guy too.
Classicrockfan
Banned
I’m pretty sure if he wanted to he can get muscular again.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
The guy filmed through the pain of multiple injuries and surgeries that didn't completely fix his health issues, then got hit with one of the most unfair divorce cases I've ever even heard of. Let the man be fat and happy - glad for him that he's getting more and more work lately.
Tschumi
Member
I guess he's that fat because he's shifted his addictions from drugs to food or something
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I knew about the injuries and surgeries but not the assault... WOW! He always seemed like a good guy. I hope he keeps on getting work. He's the best thing about Doom Patrol... Him and Negative Man.
Sidney Prescott
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Dusktildawn48
Member
Don't forget he's in the new Scorsese movie with DiCaprio. I feel he's gonna have a pretty big comeback.
Richard Packer
Member
I'd still fuck him.
Dr.Morris79
Member
Well, you've a fitting name for it. So sod it, why not?
I would genuinely love to see that. Dude was in some of my favorite films, growing up.
Richard Packer
Member
I'd fuck Tegan and Sara too.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
Nope I need a mummy remake first before he does any other role
Like now
Like now
Dirk Benedict
Member
"A laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a portion of a vertebra called the lamina, which is the roof of the spinal canal. It is a major spine operation with residual scar tissue and may result in postlaminectomy syndrome. Depending on the problem, more conservative treatments may be viable"
This guy had That One. WTF.
This guy had That One. WTF.