Brendan Fraser Crashes The Mummy Screening — Dressed Like His Character! — in London: 'I Am Proud'



Tracey Harrington McCoy is simply a celeb quality writer astatine PEOPLE Digital.

Brendan Fraser is celebrating his movie roots.

The Academy Award-nominated celebrated idiosyncratic — who's presently wowing audiences successful his caller movie The Whale — amazed a packed location successful a London theatre astir to uncover his deed 1999 travel movie The Mummy connected Friday nighttime time.

Fraser, 50 four, go met with loud cheers and a lasting ovation aft being delivered close earlier than the movie commenced astatine the Prince Charles Cinema, overmuch to the actor's satisfaction.

"I americium arrogant to look earlier than you this night," Fraser started out. "This is simply a movie that was made successful Britain. You indispensable cognize that! ... Even the second, too."

"Be proud. Thank you for being close here," helium endured.

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Fraser — who was carrying a leather jacket, khakis and boots reminiscent of his quality Rick O'Connell from the movie — revealed to the pack that adjacent arsenic they were filming The Mummy, they weren't affirmative however the movie mightiness crook out.

"We had nary thought what benignant of movie we were making whilst we changeable this," helium said. "We did not cognize if it was a play oregon a drama oregon a immediately-in beforehand action, romance, fearfulness photograph … each of the above?"

"[We had] nary thought until it tested successful the beforehand of British audiences," helium brought, due to the fact that the people marketplace acceptable escaped a corporate snort. "Thank you for that."

Fraser sincerely has tons to grin astir successful caller times. On Tuesday, the superstar earned his archetypal Oscar nomination for his show successful The Whale, which comes retired wrong the U.K. On Feb 3.

The histrion became named among the 5 nominees for Best Actor, diagnosed for his show successful The Whale. The play was additionally nominated for Best Supporting Actress for costar Hong Chau and Best Makeup & Hairstyling for the unit that transformed Fraser into his 600-lb. Person, Charlie.

Fraser reacted to the quality successful a assertion received by PEOPLE, announcing he's "genuinely overjoyed and profoundly grateful to The Academy for this designation and for recognizing Hong Chau's beauteous wide show and Adrien Morot's archetypal complaint makeup."

"I would not person this information without [director] Darren Aronofsky, [writer] Samuel D. Hunter, A24 and the fantastic formed and radical who gave maine the acquisition of Charlie," the histrion continued. "A contiguous I surely didn't spot coming, nevertheless it is 1 that has profoundly modified my existence. THANK YOU!"

Also nominated wrong the class are Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Paul Mescal (Aftersun) and Bill Nighy (Living).

Fraser, who besides received Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations, won the Critics Choice Award successful beforehand this month, getting affectional successful his attractiveness speech.

He defined The Whale arsenic a movie "about love," adding, "It's astir redemption. It's astir uncovering the airy successful a acheronian location, and I'm truthful fortunate to person worked with an ensemble this is fantastic."