‘Line of Descent’: This is Brendan Fraser’s Bollywood film when nobody wanted him in Hollywood

Brendan Fraser’s path to regain his status in Hollywood it was riddled with potholes and decades of neglect and rejection, and even lost films like ‘Big Bug Man,’ the last film by Marlon Brando. But the recent winner of the Oscar for Best Actor did not stop trying by all means, until trying his luck in other industries like Bollywoodone of the most prolific in the world.

‘line of descent‘, a 2019 Indian action film (shot in 2016), was one such attempt. In it Fraser plays an arms dealer who negotiates with a mafia organization in which three brothers fight to seize power from their father, the leader of the Sinha family. Los Angeles Times defines it as “a less radical version of ‘The Godfather’, or a more action-packed version of the television series ‘Succession‘.”

Its director, the rookie Rohit Karn BatraHe went on to state that “Brendan Fraser has delivered the best performance of his career [por aquel entonces no se había estrenado ‘The Whale’] as a very crazy, scary and funny arms dealer stuck in this family mess. You’ve never seen it like this before and the audience is in for a very special treat.”.

Brendan Fraser spent two weeks in Mumbai in 2016 to film their scenes, which include Hindi and English dialogues. Batra said of her experience with the interpreter: “It was fantastic. He had a lot of respect for actors. For example, Neeraj Kabi [su compañero de reparto] was in ‘Talvar,’ and Fraser actually saw that film on the flight to Mumbai.”

About his character, Fraser stated in an interview with Variety what attracted him to the project: “The script had the best qualities of classic crime fiction, with very universal themes. This movie could have been set in Detroit, but because Rohit wanted to shoot in India, we got a lot more production value for the project. Rohit has a very collaborative spirit and took ideas from everywhere. […] We discussed at length how real crime and gun smuggling go down in India because they have very strict gun laws. There’s still crime, and people still find ways to break the law, but it was about maintaining a sense of credibility while allowing creative freedom.”

‘Line of Descent’ was released in 2019 simultaneously on VOD and theaters in the US and India, and is currently available on Amazon Prime Video in the North American country. However, in Spain has not reached any of our platforms. At least for now…