"Crying Brendan Fraser" may already be an Oscar season meme, but it's sticky for a reason: the "Brendanaissance" is in full swing.

"The Mummy" star Brendan Fraser is reflecting on his reportedly six-minute standing ovation at multiple film festivals for his role in "The Whale" and opened up about his movie-star comeback.

If the Sad Brendan Fraser meme that resulted from the interview never reached Crying Jordan levels, it wasn’t for lack of sadness, that’s for sure.

Water Works: Can Tears at a Festival Premiere Boost an Awards Campaign? The video of Brendan Fraser crying during the standing ovation for 'The Whale' in Venice is acknowledged to have achieved ...

Brooke Shields and Brandon Fraser take on the residents of a forest in "Furry Vengeance." "Furry Vengeance" tries to pass itself off as a fun family movie with a message. While the movie's fun ...

Brendan Fraser already had a fair amount of Oscars hype ahead of The Whale’s premiere in Venice in 2022, but it was his reaction afterward that, for many, laid the path toward his best actor win ...