Much like Justin Long's work on Tusk, Michael Fassbender's performance in Frank was hugely disadvantaged by what he had to wear, given that he spent about 90% of the movie wearing a giant, fiberglass Frank Sidebottom helmet, and so what audiences interpreted from his performance was almost entirely down to his voice and his body movements. Though Fassbender gets a few emotive scenes at the end of the movie without his helmet, he has to mostly sell his character's eccentricity while wearing the mask, and it's no easy feat. Though the movie's other characters spend most of their screen time helping mythologise Frank's weird behaviour, which certainly helps, it's no less credit to Fassbender for taking a totally vanity-free role and just running with it. While Frank could easily have remained an enigma that audiences failed to sympathise with by film's end, the actor imbues the mysterious character with plenty of heart and relatability, incredibly bizarre though he is.
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