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Brendan Fraseris taking his time choosing his next move.
More than one month after Fraser, 54, won theAcademy Awardfor Best Actor for his performance inThe Whaleat the 95th Oscars, the actor noted that he has not yet set plans for his follow-up role during a conversation with broadcast journalistHannah Stormat the Greenwich International Film Festival’s inaugural Inspiration Talk and award ceremony in Stamford, Conn. Thursday.
“I read the trades the other day. Apparently, I’m going to have to pick up a picket sign,” the actor said, joking in reference to theWriters Guild of America strikeenacted on Tuesday, when Storm asked what his plans for future movies look like. “It might be a long summer.”
“At the moment, I don’t have anything — I’m really being picky right now,” he told the audience, noting that he does have a role inMartin Scorsese’s upcoming crime dramaKillers of the Flower Moon, which will receive a world premiere at the76th Cannes Film Festivalthis month.
“I will tell you that I’m excited to see it myself,” Fraser said of the movie, as he praised its ensemble cast and legendary director Scorsese.
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“We were working in a really hot weather in Oklahoma, and I can’t oversell my participation in this film because it’s epic,” Fraser said. “There’s so many actors in this movie when you see it. I’ll arrive for a scene or two at the end.”
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Killers of the Flower Moonis adapted from from best-selling author David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book of the same name. The movie is set in 1920s Oklahoma and follows the murders of members of the oil-wealthy indigenous Osage Nation, as well as the earliest days of the FBI’s history. The film also starsLeonardo DiCaprio,Robert De NiroandJesse Plemons.
At the event Wednesday, Fraser was honored with the GIFF Inspiration Award, “designed to honor artists who inspire others through their craft or philanthropic endeavors.”
source: people.com
