There are actors whose talent remains undisputed despite setbacks and multiple difficulties, and Brendan Fraser is one of them. The 54-year-old star is moving everyone with his leading role in the film The Whalewhich has earned him the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actor.
In addition, he is positioned as the favorite to win the Oscar for his performance in the Darren Aronofsky drama. Recently, in an interview for The Howard Stern Show, taken up by People, Fraser opened up about how difficult it was for him to cope with his son Griffin Fraser’s diagnosis of autism, who helped him connect with his character as Charlie in The Whale.
When I found out about my son’s diagnosis at 22 or 24 months, I was devastated, to say the least. My first reaction was that I wanted to know how to fix it, if there was a cure and what exactly it meant.
He blamed himself for his son’s diagnosis.
the star of George of the Jungle He continued narrating that at first he was very confused and blamed himself for the diagnosis of his firstborn, now 20 years old.
You blame yourself and think, ‘It’s my genes’ or ‘I smoked weed in college.’ You start blaming yourself for the reasons.
However, Fraser said she now has a different perspective on autism than she would have if it hadn’t been for her son. In November 2022, the protagonist of The Mummy explained how Griffin helped him connect with his character in the production of The Whale:
He doesn’t know what cynicism is. You can’t insult him. He can’t insult you. He is the happiest person and he is, in my life and in many other people, the manifestation of love.
Finally, when asked if Griffin’s diagnosis contributed to the marital problems between him and his ex-wife Afton Smith, with whom he also has Holden, 18, and Leland, 16, Fraser explained:
I paid more attention to my professional life than to my personal one. That’s just me. But with Griffin, all bets are off. Who cares what our problems are with each other? It does not matter. It is under a white flag and we do anything and everything to support the needs of this child and his siblings. That’s what I was able to commit to in the most meaningful way.
Source: Okchicas
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