Oscars 2023: Brendan Fraser's 'The Whale' wins best makeup and hairstyling award. Internet is divided

Oscar awards 2023 were announced on Sunday and Brendan Fraser was adjudged the best actor at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles for his role in "The Whale". "The Whale" also won an Oscar for the best makeup and hairstyling. Fraser portrayed a character of online writing instructor who weighs 600-pound.

While Fraser won the awards as well as accolades from viewers, The Whale's success in the best makeup and hairstyling seems to have divided the internet, according to a report in USA Today.

A section of social media users have raised questions over the use of prosthetics in "The Whale", as per the report.


"The Whale winning for best makeup is so upsetting to me bc like ... you just won an award for making a skinny guy fat? Neat," one Twitter user wrote.

A few twitter users have also claimed that this kind of role must be played actors who have the certain type of body.

However, some Twitter users have praised the costume design team of "The Whale".

Some have lauded prosthetic for 'The Whale' as amazing, a few have said that prosthetic work was wonderful.

Earlier this year Fraser commented on the prosthetic. He said that he could feel the undulation when the costume came off.

He also appreciated strong emotional capacity of a person of that size.

FAQs

Q1:Who won for Best Actor 2023?
Brendan Fraser won the best actor Oscar for "The Whale".

Q2:What film won best picture 2023?
"Everything Everywhere All at Once" was adjudged the best picture at at the 95th Academy Awards.