Brendan Fraser transforms into 600lb recluse for new film The Whale as he returns to Hollywood

Nineties heartthrob Brandan Fraser has transformed into a 600 pound man for his new film The Whale. 

In a first look image from The Whale, Fraser has undergone a significant physical transformation in order to play an obese man.

Fraser, 53, looks worlds away from the sculpted actor fans remember him as in George Of The Jungle and Encino Man.  

Fraser looks worlds away from the hunk the world once knew him as in George of the Jungle and Encino Man

The A24 film was directed by Darren Aronofsky and sees Fraser play a man ‘living with obesity’ and ‘struggling to reconnect with his 17-year-old daughter’, according to Variety. 

The drama will have its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

Fraser previously discussed his role in the film during an interview with Unilad, where he discussed the ‘extensive’ and ‘cumbersome’ wardrobe and predicted the role would make a ‘lasting impression.’

‘It’s gonna be like something you haven’t seen before,’ Fraser told the outlet year. ‘That’s really all I can tell you…The wardrobe and costume was extensive, seamless, cumbersome. This is certainly far removed from anything I’ve ever done but not to be coy…I do know it’s going to make a lasting impression.’

The drama will have its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival