Brendan Fraser Returns to London for the BFI London Film Festival 2025 “Rental Family” Premiere
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Academy Award Winner Brendan Fraser returned to London and hit the red carpet along with fellow cast members Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Director/Co-writer Hikari for the premiere of their film “Rental Family” at the BFI London Film Festival 2025. The gala event was held at the Royal Festival Hall on the evening of October 16, 2025.
About “Rental Family” — Phillip Vanderpleog (Fraser) lives in the Japanese capital. Looking for any work opportunities, he is employed by a ‘rental family’ company, which provides clients with actors who play stand-in roles of absent loved ones. The work offers Phillip possibilities, relationships and unexpected joy that were previously missing from his life.
However, things become complicated when the line between performance and reality is increasingly blurred, as Phillip immerses himself a little too much in the roles he is hired to play.
The film opens only in theaters November 21, 2025.
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“Rental Family” Red Carpet Highlights at BFI London Film Festival 2025
Jeanne Moore (L) and Brendan Fraser
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