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Brendan Fraserwas in awe of costarSadie Sink’s performance.
The actor, 53, looked back at his career in avideo forGQ, and while discussing hislatest movieThe Whale, he praised scene partner Sink, 20, who plays his daughter in the drama.
“The fluidity that Sadie plays, this beautiful, controlled rage, was breathtaking to me,” said Fraser. “I was constantly going up on my lines. And that’s just because I have cobwebs upstairs and I waswearing a lot of gear, but also because I was just slack-jawed. I’m not joking.”
“Watching her work — she won the game ball every day we worked, I’m telling you,” he said.
Fraser also applauded his cast mateHong Chaufor her “authenticity.” He said she “makes everyone better around her. She elevates the material for how personal that she makes it. There’s some sort of alchemy going on in her process that makes you believe everything she does or says. … It’s astonishing.”
Sadie Sink and Brendan Fraser atThe Whalepremiere during 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in September.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty
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Sink told PEOPLE in April about how she’s beginning to feel “a lot moreempowered” in her career.
“I’m proud of how much more comfortable I’ve become not only in my personal life, but also in my professional life,” theStranger Thingsstar said. “I think I was really timid when I first started out because everything was really new and scary, so it’s been nice as I grow up to not be as timid. I think I can speak my mind a little bit more.”
The actress explained she learned to “work through” her nerves: “You just have to keep pushing forward and then eventually be like, ‘Why was I so worked up?’ I feel like I’ve relaxed a little bit.”
The Whaleis in theaters Dec. 9.
source: people.com
