Dwayne The Rock Johnson never forget to cheer his friends up, and this time is hyping his co-star Brendan Fraser.
Fans of Brendan Fraser all around the globe were overjoyed to discover on Sunday that the actor’s performance in filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s film The Whale earned him a prolonged standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
Who are some of those satisfied admirers? Dwayne The Rock Johnson, made his debut in the film industry in the year 2001 with The Mummy Returns, starring Brendan Fraser.
Johnson commented on Sunday, “Man, this makes me so pleased to watch this lovely ovation for Brendan,” and he retweeted a video of the Venice crowd applauding as it showed Fraser encircled by the applauding throng.
“He encouraged me to participate in his Mummy Returns series for the first time, which was the beginning of my successful career in Hollywood. I will be cheering for all of your success, brother, and I want to offer my congratulations to my friend Darren Aronofsky.”
Dwayne The Rock Johnson sent a message to Bredon Frase.
In the sequel released in 2001 to the film The Mummy, which was first released in 1999, Fraser played the part of the explorer Rick O’Connell once again, while Johnson performed the character of The Scorpion King.
When EW spoke with Fraser three years ago for an oral history of The Mummy, the actor recalled that he did not work with Johnson on the set of the film because Johnson’s character was computer-generated in the scenes which featured O’Connell. However, Fraser had very positive things to say about the Jumanji star.
“He was a big orange piece of tape on the end of a long two-by-four while I was working [on the film], and we jumped and ducked and weaved as he thrashed and smashed around at us,” said Fraser. “While I was working on the film], we jumped and ducked and weaved as he thrashed and smashed around at us.”
“When I saw him for the first time at the premiere, I greeted him and said, “Hi!” How do you do!’ I enjoyed our encounter very much, and during the coming years, I found myself in his company on several occasions. Because this was his very first opportunity to perform in front of an audience, I couldn’t help but feel happy for him.
He wasn’t simply the standard-issue muscular man either. It was exciting to see him make a move from the world of wrestling. It was pretty cool. When we were all just getting our feet under us, I’m glad that I got to meet him back when we were in the early stages of our careers.”
Charlie is a guy who suffers from extreme obesity and is coping with the death of a lover in the film The Whale.
At the same time, he is attempting to reconcile with his estranged teenage daughter, who is portrayed by Stranger Things breakthrough Sadie Sink. Fraser plays the role of Charlie.
