Renaissance Brendan Freyser: How the Internet has gone from ridicule over an aged actor to massive support and love

The star of the "mummy" did not think that he had fans on the Internet, and when he found out, he was very moved - after all, earlier they only laughed at him.

Many remember Brendan Fraser on the box office “Mummy”, “Explosion from the past”, “George from the jungle”, but by the beginning of the 2010s the actor completely disappeared from the screens of cinemas. When he was photographed with tears in his eyes on a press scope, in social networks the picture was turned into a meme about an unsuccessful life and a lost career of the actor.

After Fraser openly spoke about his problems, including sexual harassment, divorce and depression, he had a small fan club. In August 2021, fans of the actor united in the real fandom: he was massively supported, expected to return to a large movie and apologize for offensive memes. Brendan himself did not know how he was supported on the Internet, and was very moved when he found out. We tell you how the Internet first laughed at the actor of childhood, and then I fell in love with inconsistent.

Sad memes and ironic fans with imitboards

In 2015, users of the 4Chan imageboard distributed a photo of the crying Fraser with someone else's hairstyle - they ironized the actor who practically stopped starring in films, appeared only in episodic roles in the series and tried to solve problems with alimony.

The picture was also accompanied by a Just Fuck My Shit Up signature (“I just got everything out”). The phrase was used as a game: they started with the word "just", and the rest of the users had to continue it. In honor of this on 8Chan, they even created a board /just /dedicated to memes with Fraser.

The meme also became popular on the /TV /board, where users discussed plans to restore the actor's career. Soon at Change.org they launched a petition with a request to "return Brendan Fraser to the cinema and series." The link was extended to 4chan, after which the petition scored more than 11 thousand signatures.

In addition to jokes over a failed career, Freyser's appearance was ridiculed in social networks, not understanding why he, unlike many of his colleagues from Hollywood, was fat and stopped being a handsome of George from the jungle

At the same time, Freyser supported Fraser - Reddite users back in 2015 created the Savebrendan section (“Save Brendan”), where they worried about the actor, waited for him to return to the cinema and get rid of alimony payments. They also share the news about the brand, his photographs and fanart .

A heavy reality was hidden behind the memes

Three years after the spread of the first memes, in 2018, Fraser told GQ why he practically stopped acting in the cinema. He stated that the sexual harassment, which he survived in 2003 from the former president of the Hollywood Association of Foreign Press of Philip Berka, greatly influenced his psychological health.

According to the actor, in the public space of the Beverly Hills hotel, Burk touched his buttocks and tried to put his finger at the crotch: “I blamed myself, I was unhappy because he said to himself:“ Nothing happened, this guy simply held out his hand and touched me. ” Burk talked about this episode in his memoirs, lowering the part about his fingers and characterizing the harassment as a playful patting. As a result, the accusations did not result in anything - the Hollywood Association of Foreign Press called the situation "a joke, and not harassing." Fraser believes that after this incident he was added to the Hollywood “Black List”, so he could not get a role in the cinema.

Fraser shared other reasons that provoked a decline in his career. The actor himself performed tricks in the “Mummy: Tomb of the Emperor of the Dragons” in 2008, because of which he received several injuries. After that, for seven years, Brendan constantly got into hospitals - he underwent surgery on the spine, a knee cup, back and even vocal cords.

A photo of the actor with tearful eyes was distributed immediately after his mother’s death from cancer. He told the story of the picture: “I buried my mother. I think I was mourn, but I did not understand this. " Brendan had not talked with the press for a long time and suddenly faced the audience to advertise the third season of the show in which he almost did not star: “He did not understand what kind of format it was. I felt myself p **** c for the old one. He thought, hell, will it continue further? ”

During this period, Fraser also survived a heavy divorce after nine years of marriage - he even went to court with a petition to reduce alimony, since he could not continue to pay his wife 900 thousand dollars a year. The court did not satisfy his lawsuit - as a result, the actor paid alimony until 2019. As a result, financial problems, complex relations with his wife, harassment and death of the mother drove Fraser into depression.

General support and apology for ridicule

After a long lull, Fraser returned to the screens again - in 2019 he starred in the thriller “Poisonous Rose” and the series “Fate Patrol”. He also received roles in Hollywood cinema: the actor starred in the film “Kit” Darren Aronofsky, and along with Leonardo Di Caprio and Robert de Niro, in the picture of Martin Scorsese “Flower Moon killers”.

Against the backdrop of lifting, Freyser’s career is increasingly supported in social networks - this was facilitated by the Tiktok in which the actor himself appears. In early August, the user @littlelottiecosplay, who regularly cospaces the characters from the "mummy", talked with the Brendan on the video. The actor talked about how he is worried about the upcoming project with Scorsese. In response, the girl reassured the actor, noting that on the Internet everyone loves and supports him: “We are on your side, and we can’t wait to see what you will do next.” “Damn, ma'am,” answers Fraser, almost wandering around.

After that, the tags #brenaissance (“Brenisans”), #Praisethefrase (“glorify Frasa”) and #brendanfraservesbetter (“Brendan Fraoser deserves the best”) were gaining popularity - in total they gained almost 10 million views. The videos not only go crazy with how attractive the actor was in the George from the Jungle, but they also talk about his courage when he talked about sexual violence, and also believe that the Internet should apologize to him for the grass.

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“I swear if I hear once again how you insult Brendan Freyser, I will end, I will come for you, he is p **** C. What sexy and just golden, leave him alone”

After the video @littlelottiecosplay, positive posts about Fraser also appeared in Reddite in the sections R/Mademesmile , R/Entertainment and R/OutofthelOOP . “It seemed to me interesting how he reacted to the mention of the Internet in that Tiktock. As a person who spent years in reclusion, he probably was anxious to hear that they were talking about him again in social networks. I understand why he can experience pressure and worry about what the Internet will say. But when he realized that the fans support him and love him, the anxiety instantly disappeared, ”one of the commentators noted .

On Twitter, the Renaissance Brendan Fraser was also announced and they wish him success, but still remembering what the actor was before.

Considering that Fraser experienced, the love of social networks seems deserved, the editor of Mel Magazine notes : “His sincerity about problems and willingness to be in the spotlight, despite the offensive memes, are worthy of praise. Moreover, Brenisans is a way to correct the mistakes of the past. ”

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