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Sythic_ t1_j9wyr3l wrote

TL;DR he was sexually assaulted by someone high up in the industry and he reported it and got blackballed til now.

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LocalAfter4312 t1_j9x1eot wrote

To add some extra context, it was specifically a high ranking member of the Hollywood Foreign Press, which is the organization that runs the Golden Globes, which is why Brendan refused to attend even though he was nominated in that award show.

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Adeep187 t1_j9xczdq wrote

Do you know who it was?

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GoodmanSimon t1_j9xg5k1 wrote

Former HFPA President Philip Berk, (I can't add the source but if you google both their names it comes up)

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Adeep187 t1_j9ytsa1 wrote

Thanks buddy

Wow that guy even looks like a weirdo, it's not a good vibe.

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Birdie121 t1_j9x1udd wrote

Fraser was effectively blacklisted from Hollywood for a while after accusing a high-up person in the industry of sexually assaulting him. This was before the Me Too movement when accusations like that were not taken seriously and folks were shunned for talking about it. Additionally, he was injured after the Mummy 2 which made stunt-heavy action movies difficult, and he also went through a rough divorce. Took him a while to recover from all that, but I'm glad he's back in the spotlight!

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wildfire393 t1_j9x71uq wrote

It was actually the third Mummy movie he's cited as having damaged him physically the most. He describes being held together by bandages and painkillers for most of that shoot.

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Taleya t1_j9xa7q4 wrote

He was sexually assaulted by a higher up in the industry and blackballed as a result of speaking up about it (which no one wanted to hear because 'lol that doesn't happen to men') He also took some serious physical injuries due to the mummy 3, which resulted in picking up some weight as you do when injury impairs your physicality. Unsurprisingly his mental state took a pounding, and between the shadow banning and constant gossip rag articles saying he was fat and washed up he eventually became convinced he wasn't actually a good actor, but got famous simply for being eye candy, which fucked even harder with his mental state.

All this has now been exposed as a lie - he is a good actor, a fucking great one and people in a kinder age listen to his story and know what happened to him was wrong and he was done a horrendous misjustice.

I really feel for the guy, no one deserves any of that.

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Puzzled-Broccoli7849 t1_j9xalbo wrote

I’m so happy to see him making a return, I don’t know the guy personally but he seems like such an awesome person. He’s also looking really good these days too, seems to be losing weight etc!

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mahotega t1_j9xf3ob wrote

Yes. One vivid detail I recall is his ex-wife was granted alimony paychecks as expected. The alimony was determined on his current income, which was at the height of his career. Obviously, this was unsustainable as, which led to his financial trouble. Alimony was something like 900k annual.

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DriftingA t1_j9xd48l wrote

Based on the comments sounds like he had some awful experiences. At the same time I don’t understand how everyone ignores that he is terrible at acting. He was very attractive, and got roles for that reason, but watch some of those old movies with him and it doesn’t take long to see he is a really really bad actor. I think his nice guy persona and the fact that he got fat makes people think he is good at his craft and I don’t get it.

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Liberty53000 t1_j9xdrsx wrote

Yes I remember there was an interview in the 90s where he spoke about this himself.

He was an actor on the film School Ties and he speaks of his own abilities compared to the other actors, particularly recalling him mention Matt Damon... something to the effect of that he was confident in his abilities but on School Ties he really realized the differences in skill sets and that he felt humbled. That seeing Matt Damon work was an eye opening experience to him and made him realize he wasn't as skilled as his ego had told him and that he had a lot of work to do but that essentially some people just have a gift and that he felt that he simply didn't have that innate gift like Damon showed but he still thought he himself was talented.

I likened it to how I could practice & be good at an instrument however there's some people I've come across and they pick up any instrument and just posses an inate skill & flow to their musical expression

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