Summary

  • Brendan Fraser has been cast as Dwight D. Eisenhower in the D-Day movie Pressure, which could earn him another Oscar.
  • The movie will focus on Eisenhower's relationship with weather expert James Stagg leading up to the Normandy landings.
  • Pressure could be Fraser's next shot at an Oscar, following successful recent films.

Brendan Fraser has been cast to play Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower in the D-Day movie Pressure, and it could be the next movie to earn the actor an Academy Award. The movie will chronicle the tense days leading up to the Normandy landings. Andrew Scott has been cast in the other lead role as Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer, James Stagg, who was tasked with informing Eisenhower about the weather conditions that could make or break their planned invasion on D-Day.

Hotel Mumbai’s Anthony Maras is set to direct the film, which will begin shooting in the UK in September. With a powerful true story from the Second World War and two Academy favorites playing the lead roles, Pressure could be a major Oscar contender when it finally gets a release. Fraser’s casting as Eisenhower (via Deadline) could continue a great new career trend for the actor after his unprecedented (but much-deserved) Best Actor win for playing Charlie in The Whale.

Brendan Fraser Has Been Cast As Dwight D. Eisenhower In D-Day Movie Pressure

Fraser will play the 34th President of the United States

Brendan Fraser being stern in Killers of the Flower Moon

Fraser has been cast to play Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, in Pressure. The film will take place in the 72 hours leading up to the D-Day landings. It sounds like the story will be a two-hander focusing on the relationship between Eisenhower and his most trusted weather expert as they figure out the best strategy for the invasion. If Fraser has good on-screen chemistry with Scott, then Pressure is shaping up to be a great war film.

Pressure Could Be Brendan Fraser's Next Movie To Make It To The Oscars

Pressure could follow in the footsteps of The Whale and Killers of the Flower Moon

Brendan Fraser yelling and crying as Charlie in The Whale

Since the Academy loves a good war movie – and loves when a famous actor plays a historical icon – Pressure could be Fraser’s next film to make it to the Oscars. Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for playing Abraham Lincoln; Anthony Hopkins received nominations for playing both Richard Nixon and John Quincy Adams. Oscar voters love it when a big star plays a notable former U.S. president. It sounds like Scott will be the lead in Pressure, but Fraser could have a good shot at a Best ing Actor nod.

Fraser’s 2020s career comeback has been met with a lot of attention from the Academy. Not only did Fraser win Best Actor for his starring role in The Whale; his next film, Killers of the Flower Moon, was met with a boatload of nominations, too. Fraser himself wasn’t nominated, but the movie was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. If the team can pull off the great movie it promises to be, then Pressure could continue Brendan Fraser’s Oscar streak.

Source: Deadline