Brendan Fraser has the sweetest reaction to hearing fans “root” for him

It’s as healthy as “George of the Jungle”.

Actor Brendan Fraser – who was an undeniable superstar in the 1990s and early 2000s before his career began to decline – choked a bit when a fan showered him with support.

The actor, 52, recently hosted a virtual meetup and learned from Lindley Key – who shares cosplay videos on TikTok as “The Mummy” character Evelyn O’Connell (played in Rachel Weisz’s movie) – that people on the social media platform are “rooting” for him.

Key shared a video of his conversation with Fraser on TikTok on Monday. The short clip is titled “Proof that Brendan Fraser is the Purest of Souls”.

In the clip, Fraser says he is “anxious” about his upcoming Martin Scorsese project “Killers of the Flower Moon”, in which he will star with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

“I think I might be sick,” the actor joked, talking about working with such big names. “Little anxious.”

“You get it,” Key, dressed as Evelyn for the occasion, told the “Encino Man” star.

“The Internet is so behind you! We are so united, ”she said. “There are so many people out there who love you, and we stand behind you, and we can’t wait to see what you do next.”

Fraser seemed to get a little moved upon hearing this. He took a sip of water and said, “Shucks, ma’am. “

Eyes a little wet, he tilted his cowboy hat at Key.

Fraser’s promising acting career began to wane in the early 2000s after what can only be described as a series of unfortunate events. In a 2018 GQ Profile, Fraser said her body began to deteriorate after undergoing multiple surgeries due to action sequences in several of her films. He divorced his wife Afton Smith in 2008, and his mother died in 2016.

Yet the thing that seemed to really break Fraser and lead to his hiatus from the spotlight was an incident in the summer of 2003, in which Fraser says Philip Berk, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, sexually assaulted him.

“I felt sick. I felt like a little child,” Fraser said of the alleged incident. “I felt like I had a lump in my throat. was going to cry.

Berk said the meeting was meant to be viewed as a joke and called Fraser’s version of events “total fabrication.” The HFPA kicked out Berk earlier this year after forwarding an article to members describing Black Lives Matter as a “racist hate group.”

Fraser, meanwhile, is slowly becoming more visible again – who began with a supporting role in Season 3 of “The Affair” in 2016, and a starring role in “Doom Patrol” for DC Universe and HBO Max starting in 2019. .

In addition to the Scorsese film, Fraser also has a lead role in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film “The Whale”.

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