In the GQ interview — which is framed by the actor's loving relationship with his horse, Pecas — Brendan Fraser compares himself to a more well-known equine: Boxer, from George Orwell's allegorical classic, "Animal Farm." In the story, which draws parallels between the power dynamics between animals at a fictional farm and the competing forces in the Russian Revolution, Boxer is the tragic workhorse who eventually collapses from exhaustion.
"I felt like the horse from 'Animal Farm,' whose job it was to work and work and work," Fraser said. "Orwell wrote a character who was, I think, the proletariat. He worked for the good of the whole, he didn't ask questions, he didn't make trouble until it killed him ... I don't know if I've been sent to the glue factory, but I've felt like I've had to rebuild s*** that I've built that got knocked down and do it again for the good of everyone. Whether it hurts you or not."
Given the number of roles Fraser piled on early in his career, the comparison could be apt. One thing is certain, though; we're staying tuned for the rest of the Brenaissance.
