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Brendan Fraser Reflects on Pain, Resurgence After Struggles

12/9/2025

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Brendan Fraser, the actor, says in a recent interview with Dwayne Johnson that his body failed him by 2007 while filming a low-budget movie in Ontario.
He endured pain.
He faced an alleged sexual assault in 2003.
This experience led him to question his career choices.
Fraser has since achieved a career resurgence, winning the Academy Award for The Whale (2022) and starring in Rental Family.

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Story summary

Brendan Fraser, the actor, says in a recent interview with Dwayne Johnson that his body failed him by 2007 while filming a low-budget movie in Ontario.
He endured pain.
He faced an alleged sexual assault in 2003.
This experience led him to question his career choices.
Fraser has since achieved a career resurgence, winning the Academy Award for The Whale (2022) and starring in Rental Family.