Brendan Fraser Apologizes for ‘George of the Jungle’ Visitors Jam

Brendan Fraser’s awards season with “The Whale” continued over the weekend on the Mill Valley Movie Competition, the place he was readily available for a screening of the movie and to simply accept the annual occasion’s lifetime achievement award. Chatting with SFGATE on the pink carpet (through Entertainment Weekly), Fraser issued a humorous apology to town of San Francisco on account of a visitors jam the “George of the Jungle” manufacturing brought about over 25 years in the past. Mill Valley is about 14 miles north of San Francisco.

“After we have been doing ‘George of the Jungle,’ George goes to rescue a parachutist tangled within the Golden Gate Bridge,” Fraser mentioned, citing the Golden Gate Bridge as a substitute of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge which was featured within the movie. “Which means Disney put a model hanging by a parachute from the uprights. It introduced visitors to a standstill on both aspect of the bridge.”

Fraser continued, “My trailer was on the opposite aspect in a parking zone. I simply keep in mind watching the Golden Gate Bridge. There’s this dummy parachutist hanging from it. I had the TV on, and ‘Oprah’ bought interrupted as a result of there was a particular information report with helicopters saying a parachute is dangling on the bridge. And I’m going — wait a minute, I’m trying on the helicopters and TV — any person didn’t pull a allow, any person’s going to get in hassle with the mayor’s workplace. So I can solely apologize for that.”

Later that night whereas accepting his lifetime achievement award, Fraser once more referenced the incident and added, “So, that mentioned, my dangerous. It received’t occur once more.”

The 1997 comedy “George of Jungle” starred Fraser reverse Leslie Mann and Thomas Haden Church. The movie, based mostly on the “Tarzan”-spoofing animated collection of the identical title, was a field workplace hit, incomes $174 million worldwide.

Fraser is at present an Oscar frontrunner for his efficiency in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” which has earned enthusiastic standing ovations at festivals in Venice, Toronto and London. The movie opens in theaters on Dec. 9 from A24.

For extra on Fraser, learn Selection’s latest cowl story with the actor.