How Mummy star Fraser prepped for his biggest part

HAULING himself across the screen as a 42st recluse, Brendan Fraser looks a world away from his action hero days in The Mummy. 

- NADINE LINGE

He plays the morbidly obese teacher Charlie in The Whale which has bagged him a Best Actor Oscar nomination.

But his incredible transformation was created through the use of advanced prosthetics – which have also made some of the world’s top stars unrecognisable.

Normally, casts of the actor’s body and face are made to serve as moulds for silicone or latex to be poured into.