Brendan Fraser starved himself for 'George of the Jungle': 'My brain was misfiring' - New York Post

Actor Brendan Fraser revealed the drastic lengths helium went to successful a hopeless bid to execute his perfect quality for his relation successful “George of the Jungle.”

The actor, 54, spoke to Adam Sandler arsenic portion of Variety’s “Actors On Actors” series, wherever helium opened up astir the effect of starving himself during the filming of the 1997 film.

Despite achieving his extremity physique, Fraser said the drastic value nonaccomplishment measures took a antagonistic toll connected his intelligence well-being.

“I was waxed. Starved of carbohydrates,” Fraser recalled. “I would thrust location aft enactment and halt to get thing to eat.”

“I needed immoderate currency 1 day, and I went to the ATM, and I couldn’t retrieve my PIN fig due to the fact that my encephalon was misfiring. Banging connected the thing. I didn’t devour that night,” helium added.

Fraser said it was important for him to execute a muscular physique for his relation successful the movie due to the fact that “there was nary wardrobe” for his character.

“You weren’t expected to bash that to us,” Sandler quipped. “You did close by the character. But you did incorrect by us, man. You made america consciousness atrocious astir ourselves.”

The deed film, which got a sequel successful 2003, saw Fraser play George — a antheral raised by apes successful an African jungle. He past falls successful emotion with an American heiress, played by Leslie Mann, during her circuit of Uganda.

Brendan Fraser appears successful a country from the 1997 deed “George of the Jungle.”©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy

The movie ended up being a container bureau smash, generating $180 cardinal globally with a $55 cardinal budget.

Fraser precocious issued an apology for the monolithic postulation jam that brought cars to a implicit standstill successful San Francisco portion filming a country for the film.

Fraser said the scene, which caused chaos successful the city’s Oakland Bay Bridge, spanning implicit 8.4 miles, progressive his quality climbing up the span to rescue a parachutist, for which a dummy was used.

Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann are spotted unneurotic successful the 1997 movie “George of the Jungle.”©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy

But disquieted onlookers were led to deliberation it was a existent idiosyncratic stuck up there, subsequently causing a major traffic jam to instrumentality place.

“Disney enactment a mannequin hanging by a parachute from the uprights. It brought postulation to a standstill connected either broadside of the bridge,” the 53-year-old told SFGate. “My trailer was connected the different broadside successful a parking lot. I conscionable retrieve watching the… Bridge.”