Brendan Fraser needed eight bags of ice to stay cool while filming The Whale because of his fat suit

While the idea of putting on weight for a role sounds like a dream to some actors, Fraser said it was anything but.

He was required to carry 50 to 600 extra pounds during production and things got very hot and sweaty.

Adrien Morot, the makeup and prosthetics director who is a long time collaborator of Aronosky, told the outlet: “I want[ed] him to inhabit the body of a man who weighs hundreds and hundreds of pounds.

"What is important is that the design of the makeup and all the accompanying apparatus that obey laws of gravity and physics.”

And, as a result, Morot admitted that it subsequently led to ‘45 days of torturing poor Brendan’.

Morot also revealed that to cool the actor down, he needed ice bags - like huge ones.

To which Fraser added: “My body melted eight bags.”

Given all the internet’s reaction shortly after the trailer dropped, it’s safe to say he did just that.

“This is a prime opportunity. I wanted to disappear into it. My hope was that I would become unrecognisable.”

The George of the Jungle star also opened up about the struggles of wearing such elaborate prosthetics, likening it to a 'straight jacket'.

“The torso piece was almost like a straight jacket, with sleeves that went on, airbrushed by hand, to look identical as would human skin, right down to the hand-punched hair.”