Brendan Fraser overplaying in Killers of the Flower Moon? Martin Scorsese defends him

“He’s a wonderful actor who was great to work with,” assures the filmmaker.

Brendan Fraserwinner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his immense performance in The Whalewas heavily criticized by some spectators, judging his performance in Killers of the Flower Moon “overplayed”. This was without counting on the defense of the director himself, Martin Scorsese, who did not hesitate to step up to support his actor. The latter declared during a press conference (via LADbible) that Brendan Fraser was “perfect in Killers of the Flower Moon“.

“We thought he would be great as the lawyer and I have admired his work as an actor over the years. We had a great time working together, especially with Leo. Brendan Fraser had that girth. He’s a wonderful actor and great to work with.”said Martin Scorsese.

It was when Brendan Fraser’s character intervened during the trial of Hale and Ernest Burkhart that his performance was singled out. So much so that Apple Original Films responded to detractors with a tweet repeating the passage from the book Killers of the Flower Moon of John Grannemphasizing the significant presence of the worn exclamation point in the mocked dialogue: “Note the exclamation point.” Apple thus informed its subscribers of all the loyalty that Martin Scorsese and Brendan Fraser were keen to honor.

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Killers of the Flower Moon is the first film that Brendan Fraser undertook after his reward for The Whale – reward which was able to rekindle the flame between the actor and Hollywood. The actor did not fail to praise Scorsese, one of the greatest filmmakers with whom he had the honor of collaborating.

“He is a master of cinema. He was a regular director. He moved furniture himself. He likes to rehearse. He took suggestions into consideration and gave credit to the best idea, hence let her come. He’s brilliant. He can solve several problems at the same time in an instant.” said Brendan Fraser at Howard Stern.

It’s up to you to judge the performance of Brendan Fraser : Killers of the Flower Moon is currently showing in theaters.