{"id":102426,"date":"2026-10-11T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=102426"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T09:46:00","slug":"arab-news-josh-brolin-on-whalefall-parenthood-lessons-on-discomfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=102426","title":{"rendered":"Arab News | Josh Brolin on \u2018Whalefall,\u2019 parenthood, lessons on discomfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DUBAI: Hollywood superstar Josh Brolin has admitted that the meaning of legacy has shifted with time. In a roundtable interview about survival thriller \u201cWhalefall,\u201d currently in cinemas across the region, he reflected on growing older, raising children and learning to meet difficult moments with curiosity rather than fear.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s whale, he said, offered a metaphor for the extremes people may have to endure to find a simpler perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Things change) as you mature, as you get older, as you go through things, as you raise children,\u201d Brolin said. He described becoming more grateful simply to be here, and less inclined to treat life\u2019s challenges as problems to escape.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cInstead of trying to hide from it, I get excited that the lesson\u2019s coming. It may be uncomfortable, but I\u2019m much more comfortable with being uncomfortable now than I used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-embed social-embed--youtube\" data-type=\"social-embed\" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rN9F6-tbySY\" style=\"margin:16px auto;max-width:854px;width:100%;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Whalefall | Official Trailer | In Theaters October 16\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rN9F6-tbySY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That openness to discomfort also informs the father he plays in \u201cWhalefall,\u201d a parent trying to pass something on to his son, played by the film\u2019s lead Austin Abrams, even when his approach drives them further apart.<\/p>\n<p>Brolin said he saw love beneath the character\u2019s flawed efforts, adding: \u201cI think he loves him. I think that he wants to impart something that makes him resilient and self-sustaining that we all try to do, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate interview, director Brian Duffield said of Brolin and Abrams\u2019 working relationship: \u201cWith those guys, they\u2019ve known each other for 15-plus years. They worked together, I think, for the first time on \u2018Gangster Squad,\u2019 and they had just done \u2018Weapons\u2019 together. Obviously they don\u2019t have too much screen time, but they\u2019ve just been in each other\u2019s orbit for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a little bit of rehearsing, but it was mostly just getting the three of us comfortable with each other to talk about those relationships that we have. The chemistry \u2014 I think when you have two amazing, best-of-their-generation actors, you don\u2019t, as a director, have to do too much, because they\u2019re just always knocking it out of the park. With them, I got really, really spoiled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The subject of parenthood hit close to home for Brolin especially, though he stressed that his own relationship with his son was not as extreme as the one depicted onscreen. He said he and his son, now 38, have since been able to talk about moments of miscommunication and the ways a parent\u2019s intentions can miss a child\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>Brolin found the film\u2019s father-son scenes especially painful to perform. He described the character trying harder to reach his son, while each effort pushed the boy farther away. \u201cYou can feel the love between father and son, but you feel that every time he leans into this imparting of knowledge that he\u2019s trying to partake in, the more he leans in, the further away the son gets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The film prompted Brolin to think about how parents can take responsibility for their influence on their children. He recommended \u201cRaising Lions,\u201d a book he was reading, and said it considers what parents might change in their own perceptions rather than attributing every difficulty to a condition.<\/p>\n<p>His thoughts on resilience are also shaped by his own unconventional path into acting. After being kicked out of his house, he lived on his father\u2019s couch and tried acting at a time when, he recalled, his life was \u201cincredibly self-destructive\u201d and \u201cgoing down the absolute wrong road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early rejection, including being told he was green and should consider another profession, helped motivate him. He landed \u201cThe Goonies\u201d after what he said was his \u201c350th audition.\u201d Later, theater helped him understand acting and writing as ways to explore what fascinated him most: the human condition.<\/p>\n<p>Brolin also spoke about what remains of a parent after death. 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