Brendan Fraser's comeback story

He rose to super stardom before disappearing from the limelight … This is the incredible comeback story of Brendan Fraser.

Transcript

00:00Did you have a moment in your career where you thought,

00:02oh, I made it?

00:04Nope.

00:05I feel like I'm still waiting for someone to walk in

00:07and tell me that the jig is up.

00:08We are who we are, no matter what we are.

00:11And we are the sum of all, if not everything that we collect,

00:21but of our experience.

00:24We get tickets to see anything.

00:25We could get our hands on Jesus Christ Superstar,

00:27or The Mouse Trap, or whatever funny old mystery

00:31that was on stage.

00:33It opened up like a giant toy box to me,

00:35and I thought, I want to do that.

00:38We get tickets to see anything.

00:39We could get our hands on Jesus Christ Superstar,

00:42or The Mouse Trap, or whatever funny old mystery

00:45that was on stage.

00:47It opened up like a giant toy box to me,

00:49and I thought, I want to do that.

01:08His story is that he wants to belong.

01:10For all that need of wanting to belong,

01:12I identified with that, because I felt like,

01:15I want to be a part of this Hollywood, also.

01:18I love filmmaking, and I'm always

01:20interested in diverse roles.

01:21And this one presented the biggest challenge today for me.

01:24So, ever the hero at heart, I was up for a role.

01:48Why are they going to do this to me?

02:08Why did I sign on for this?

02:09Why am I going to be dangled upside down

02:11and thrown at the ground?

02:12I've learned that you can't literally throw yourself

02:14into the job in a way that can harm you.

02:44It's important to unburden yourself with the things you just don't need anymore, so

02:53I can go forward now.

02:54I was inspired by others with courage, and I was able to speak what I needed to say.

03:14I hope that viewers bring whatever opinions or preconceived notions they have about those

03:24who live with obesity to the film, and they are challenged by its content, and hopefully

03:33by story's end, we can change some hearts and minds.