Brendan Fraser, whose performance in 'The Whale' has made him a likely awards candidate this year, says he won't attend the Golden Globes in January if he's nominated.
“I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,”Asked whether he’ll be involved with the ceremony if nominated, Fraser said, ”No, I will not participate.
“It’s because of the history that I have with them,” Fraser added. “And my mother didn’t raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that.” In Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” which opens in theaters Dec. 9, Fraser plays a reclusive English teacher living with obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter. He’s nominated for outstanding lead performance at the upcomingAfter an internal investigation, the HFPA concluded that Berk “inappropriately touched” Fraser, who in 2003 had recently starred in the acclaimed drama “The Quiet American.
“I knew they would close ranks,” Fraser told GQ. “I knew they would kick the can down the road. I knew they would get ahead of the story. I knew that I certainly had no future with that system as it was. … I think it was because it was too prickly or sharp-edged or icky for people to want to go first and invest emotionally in the situation.”
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