RENDAN FRASER is enjoying the mother of all comebacks. The genial actor was huge in the early 2000s, with his easygoing charm making him an appealing presence and . Then Hollywood forgot him. Until now. In Darren Aronofsky’s , he plays Charlie, an obese, reclusive literature tutor confined to his apartment by an excessive weight problem that has got so bad, he has just days left to live. His only real friend is Liz (a spiky Hong Chau), who cares deeply about him. But aside from being bothered by a troubled missionary (Ty Simpkins) at the door, all he wants to do is make up with his estranged daughter Ellie (’ Sadie Sink), the casualty in his ruined marriage to ex-wife Mary (Samantha Morton).
