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James Corden Almost Starred In ‘The Whale’ When Tom Ford Was Attached To Direct

January 2, 2023

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One of probably the most talked-about movies this awards season is Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale.” While there may be lots of dialogue about how the movie portrays somebody who’s obese, with many critics considering the filmmaker dropped the ball on such an essential a part of the story, there even have been fairly a couple of critics who assume actor Brendan Fraser deserves an Oscar nomination for his efficiency. But what if Fraser wasn’t the actor to play the lead function? And what if Aronofsky wasn’t the director?

Speaking to Deadline lately, actor-comedian-talk present host, James Corden, talked about how he initially was hooked up to star in a model of “The Whale.” No, this wasn’t the model that Darren Aronofsky was set to direct. Instead, Corden would have starred within the movie when filmmaker Tom Ford was aboard to direct the movie.

“I was going to play that part, and Tom Ford was going to direct,” he stated.

Apparently, the challenge fell aside when Ford was asking for extra inventive management of the challenge. In addition, Corden doesn’t assume, on the time, he was sufficiently old to actually inhabit the character. In the movie, the lead function is of a 600-pound man who’s making an attempt to reconnect together with his estranged daughter. Deadline additionally confirmed with Aronofsky that Corden was really concerned with an earlier model of the movie. So, in an alternate actuality, maybe we might have seen what a youthful James Corden might have achieved with the function.

Corden additionally talked about that George Clooney was hooked up to direct the movie. Or a minimum of was curious about maybe taking over the challenge. However, Clooney didn’t need to use a fatsuit and wished to discover a 600-pound unknown for the lead function.

Ultimately, we all know that Aronofsky got here aboard and wished Fraser to tackle the function. Now, as talked about above, it might seem that Fraser is in line to cope with the Best Actor Oscar. We’ll need to see what different trophies he takes residence when extra of the awards organizations hand out their prizes within the weeks to return.

Corden can now be seen within the new Prime Video collection, “Mammals.”

James Corden Almost Starred In ‘The Whale’ When Tom Ford Was Attached To Direct

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