Brendan Fraser has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his extremely lauded function in Darren Aronofsky’s new drama “The Whale” — however you gained’t catch the actor on the upcoming Jan. 10 awards present.
The 54-year-old has vowed to boycott the ceremony organized by the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, claiming that its former president, Philip Berk, sexually assaulted him. Berk, 89, has strenuously denied the allegations.
“I've extra historical past with the Hollywood International Press Affiliation than I've respect for the Hollywood International Press Affiliation,” Fraser informed GQ in an interview final month, defiantly declaring that he'll “not take part” in a Golden Globes present.
“It’s due to the historical past that I've with them,” he added. “And my mom didn’t elevate a hypocrite. You may name me a number of issues, however not that.”
The Publish has reached out to each Fraser and the HFPA for remark.
In a separate interview with GQ in 2018, Fraser claimed that the alleged assault occurred at a luncheon on the Beverly Hills Resort in 2003.
“His [Berk’s] left hand reaches round, grabs my ass cheek, and certainly one of his fingers touches me within the taint. And he begins shifting it round,” the actor alleged. “I felt sick. I felt like a bit child. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I believed I used to be going to cry.”
Fraser claimed that he “turned depressed” following the incident, saying: “I used to be blaming myself and I used to be depressing — as a result of I used to be saying, ‘That is nothing; this man reached round and he copped a really feel.’ “
Fraser didn't go public concerning the alleged assault on the time, however his reps requested the HFPA for a written apology — which they subsequently acquired from Berk.
“My apology admitted no wrongdoing, the same old ‘If I’ve finished something that upset Mr. Fraser, it was not supposed and I apologize,’ ” Berk informed GQ in 2018. He added that Fraser’s model of occasions was “an entire fabrication.”
The HFPA carried out an investigation that very same 12 months which concluded that whereas “Berk inappropriately touched Mr. Fraser, the proof helps that it was supposed to be taken as a joke and never as a sexual advance.”
Berk remained a voting member of the HFPA till 2021 when he was ousted after he despatched an e-mail to fellow members describing Black Lives Matter as a “racist hate motion.”
The Golden Globes have come underneath fireplace lately, with the HFPA referred to as out over an absence of variety and moral missteps. Final 12 months’s ceremony didn't air on primetime after it was dropped by NBC.
Nonetheless, the group has pledged reform and will go on with the 2023 present — regardless of Fraser’s pledge to boycott the ceremony.
Fraser is nominated for finest actor in a drama movie for his function as a 600-pound professor in “The Whale.” He goes up towards Austin Butler in “Elvis,” Hugh Jackman in “The Son,” Invoice Nighy in “Residing” and Jeremy Pope in “The Inspection.”
“The Whale” has been touted as Fraser’s “comeback” function.
The flick premiered on the Venice Worldwide Movie Competition in September, the place the star broke down in tears throughout a six-minute standing ovation for his efficiency.
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