After 25 years, Brendan Fraser Finally Apologizes for the George of the Jungle Hoax: Says ‘My Bad’

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Brendan Fraser, partially funny, quarterly serious, apologized to the whole city of San Francisco for his 1997 picture ‘George of the Jungle,’ specifically one scene shot on the Bay Bridge.

On Oct. 13, Fraser spoke at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California about the scene in which his character George climbs to the top of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco to conduct a hero act saving a parachuter. At the time, the production slowed traffic, leading some local newscasters to think it was a real event.

“When we were doing George of the Jungle, George goes to rescue a parachutist tangled in the Golden Gate Bridge,” Fraser told SFGATE, the actor mistakenly referring to the Golden Gate Bridge instead of the Bay Bridge. “That means Disney put a mannequin hanging by a parachute from the uprights.”

“It brought traffic to a standstill on either side of the bridge,” he continued by saying “My trailer was on the other side in a parking lot. I just remember watching the Golden Gate Bridge. There’s this dummy parachutist hanging from it. I had the TV on, and Oprah got interrupted because there was a special news report with helicopters saying a parachute is dangling on the bridge. And I’m going — wait a minute, I’m looking at the helicopters and TV — somebody didn’t pull a permit, somebody’s going to get in trouble with the mayor’s office. So I can only apologize for that.”

Later that night, after accepting a lifetime achievement award for his film The Whale at the festival, Fraser brought up the incident again.

“So, that said, my bad,” he remarked. “It won’t happen again.”

After a succession of high-profile performances in the 1990s and early to mid-2000s, Fraser essentially withdrew from Hollywood in recent years, but he is receiving significant praise for his performance in The Whale, which is considered to be his comeback role.

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He was recently honored with a five-minute standing ovation at the London Film Festival. Earlier this month, the actor went onstage as the credits rolled for the movie screening and took a bow, which caused the audience to cheer even louder than they already had been. This caused the audience to honor him with a five-minute standing ovation:

After getting a standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival a month ago, Fraser was obviously affected. He talked about the occasion in a recent cover story that he “felt so affirming.”

Additionally, the Batgirl co-director congratulated Brendan Fraser on receiving a standing ovation in Venice. She says that “He Deserves the Best.”

Fraser went on to say at the moment, “I was emotional because it was acknowledgment that what we did is making an impact,” he added at the time. “And that kind of response feels completely new in my professional life.”

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