{"id":435020,"date":"2026-02-19T23:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435020\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:07:07","slug":"brendan-fraser-stars-as-eisenhower-in-d-day-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435020\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Fraser Stars as Eisenhower in D-Day Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/brendan-fraser\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brendan-fraser_1\" data-tag=\"brendan-fraser\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Fraser<\/a> portrays General Dwight D. Eisenhower at a critical point in world history in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/trailer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trailer_1\" data-tag=\"trailer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a> for the World War II drama Pressure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/focus-fea\/\" id=\"auto-tag_focus-fea_1\" data-tag=\"focus-fea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Focus Features<\/a> is set to release writer-director Anthony Maras\u2019 film in theaters May 29. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/andrew-scott\/\" id=\"auto-tag_andrew-scott_1\" data-tag=\"andrew-scott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Scott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/kerry-condon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kerry-condon_1\" data-tag=\"kerry-condon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kerry Condon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/damian-lewis-0\/\" id=\"auto-tag_damian-lewis-0_1\" data-tag=\"damian-lewis-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Damian Lewis<\/a> and Chris Messina round out the cast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPressure centers on Eisenhower (Fraser) and Royal Air Force meteorologist Captain James Stagg (Scott) as they weigh the risks, including dangerous weather, in the days leading up to the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy, France, to begin the liberation of Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThis is the largest seaborne invasion in history,\u201d Fraser declares in the trailer. He adds, \u201cThe final decision on the timing of D-Day will be mine and mine alone.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLater, Scott says, \u201cThe storms that I am talking about are real, and the wrath of nature is real.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMaras (Hotel Mumbai) helmed the movie from a script he co-wrote with David Haig that is based on Haig\u2019s 2014 stage play. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Cass Marks and Lucas Webb serve as producers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFraser starred in director Darren Aronofsky\u2019s 2022 title The Whale, for which he won the best actor Oscar, and has since appeared in such features as Killers of the Flower Moon, Brothers and Rental Family. He is set to reprise his role as Rick O\u2019Connell in the latest sequel from the Mummy franchise that Universal is set to release theatrically in 2028. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tScott starred in the 2025 films Back in Action, Blue Moon and Wake Up Dead Man. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Fraser portrays General Dwight D. 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