While The Whale has been expected to have a big presence during awards season next year, we shouldn’t expect to see Brendan Fraser attending the Golden Globe Awards. Back in 2018, Fraser publicly alleged that he’d been groped by former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Philip Berk in 2003. The actor has cited the incident as a contributor to a deep depression that lasted for years, and while an internal investigation found that Berk behaved inappropriately, he remained on board. Berk has since been expelled in 2021 following controversial comments made about the Black Lives Matter movement.
Because of his history with the Globes organization, Brendan Fraser says it’d be hypocritical to attend this year’s ceremony for The Whale. Read More