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1. #BRENDAN FRASER WEIGHT IN NO SUDDEN MOVE MOVIE#
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#BRENDAN FRASER WEIGHT IN NO SUDDEN MOVE MOVIE#

“No Sudden Move” is, quite deliberately, a movie the way they used to make ‘em. That said, the film represents the sort of lightweight offering that possessed scant theatrical prospects even before Covid, making the advent of streaming both a godsend for getting such movies made and a self-fulfilling prophecy in terms of their perceived commercial limitations.

“No Sudden Move” fares better with the quirky, unpredictable nature of the characters, the impeccable period touches – from the overall look to the music – and disarmingly witty bits of dialogue, such as one tough guy snarling, “You’re not smart enough to know how not smart you are.” There’s also a terrific performance by Amy Seimetz in what could easily have been a throwaway role. At the same time, that plot – after an extremely good, tension-filled start – grows a little too convoluted and border-line confusing down the stretch, especially since it’s structurally an old Hitchcock-ian MacGuffin to set the action in motion. Solomon has crafted a pretty clever device to undergird the story, one that involves the 1950s auto industry, which brings logic to the Detroit setting. Working from a script by Ed Solomon (of “Bill & Ted” and “Men in Black” renown), Soderbergh – fresh off his Oscar producing stint – enlists a strong array of supporting players, among them Jon Hamm as a fed looking into what’s happening and Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Brendan Fraser and Bill Duke as underworld figures who cross the central pair’s path.

#BRENDAN FRASER WEIGHT IN NO SUDDEN MOVE SERIES#

The plan not surprisingly goes awry, unleashing a series of twists, crosses and double-crosses, starting with the fact that Goynes and Russo aren’t entirely sure who’s behind the whole scheme, having only been told, not very convincingly, that “some outfit out of Illinois wants to expand to Detroit.”īurying his usual charm under a cool exterior and gruff, whispered voice, Cheadle establishes Curt as a guy who it’s probably wise not to underestimate, while Ronald is a more loquacious fellow with bad habits, among them seducing the wrong women. Owing a debt to nostalgia-dipped movies like “Devil in a Blue Dress” and the Coen brothers (the film stylistically resembling the most recent season of “Fargo”), the action unfolds in 1954 Detroit, where Cheadle’s Curt Goynes and Del Toro’s Ronald Russo are thrown together to handle what should be a pretty basic job: holding a family hostage long enough to compel the patriarch (David Harbour) to hand over some precious documents. The film premieres on HBO Max, the director’s second title for the streaming service in seven months, following “Let Them All Talk.” "That seemed fitting and poetic and practical to me, all at once.Steven Soderbergh continues his prolific directing streak with “No Sudden Move,” a 1950s crime thriller that’s an obvious ode to the movies of that era and a nifty showcase for its sizable cast, topped by Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro. "I learned quickly that it takes an incredibly strong person inside that body to be that person," the "Mummy" actor said of his character. Per Vanity Fair, there was a dedicated team of "several" people available at all times to help Fraser stand up, sit down, and move from the makeup room to set once he had his prosthetics on. During filming, Fraser carried an extra 50 to 300 pounds at any given time, according to Aronofsky (with the weight of Fraser's prosthetics depending on the scene).Īnd much like his character, Fraser's mobility was severely impacted by the extra weight he was carrying.

"The torso piece was almost like a straight jacket, with sleeves that went on, airbrushed by hand, to look identical as would human skin, right down to the hand-punched hair," Fraser told Vanity Fair of the prosthetics, which took hours to apply each day.ĭirected by Darren Aronofsky, "The Whale" follows Charlie, a reclusive and obese English teacher, as he tries to repair his relationship with his teenage daughter, played by "Stranger Things" star Sadie Sink. "I learned quickly that it takes an incredibly strong person inside that body to be that person," he said.īrendan Fraser's new movie "The Whale" is already generating lots of buzz ahead of its debut at the Venice Film Festival, but the actor recently revealed that wearing a fat suit for his role in the film was very uncomfortable. In a new interview, the "Mummy" actor compared the 300-lb.

Cindy Ord/Getty Imagesīrendan Fraser opened up about his experience wearing a fat suit for his new film "The Whale."