Sadie Sink says she 'didn't know who' Brendan Fraser was the first time they met at a table read for 'The Whale'

• Sadie Sink revealed that she "didn't know who" Brendan Fraser was the first time she met him.
• " I was unfamiliar with his work, but I was just like, 'Hey, nice to meet you,'" Sink told Insider.

Sadie Sink revealed in a new interview with Insider that she "didn't know who" Brendan Fraser was when they first met at a table read for their film "The Whale."

"I met Brendan for the first time about a year before the movie started filming. I think Darren and Sam, the writer, wanted to hear it read aloud," Sink told Insider in a recent interview. "So they assembled a group of actors to just come to this theater in the East Village and read 'The Whale.'"

Directed by Darren Aronofsky, "The Whale" is based on the play by Samuel D. Hunter, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.

According to Sink, Fraser was wearing a cowboy hat during their initial meeting at the table read, where they were seated next to each other.

"I didn't know who he was. I was unfamiliar with his work, but I was just like, 'Hey, nice to meet you,'" Sink told Insider.

The 20-year-old "Stranger Things" star said that she got to know Fraser, 54, "a little bit better" once they began filming, despite the hostile feelings her character Ellie harbors for Fraser's character Charlie (Ellie's estranged father).

"It's such a tricky dynamic that our two characters have. But throughout the rehearsal process, he was such a trooper," Sink said of Fraser, adding: "Some of the things that Ellie has to say to him, it's not easy stuff to take. But we just really, really trusted each other and because of that, I think we were fully comfortable with one another."

Sink told Insider that she and Fraser were "really confident" in their on-screen "chemistry with each other," but that she still has plenty of Fraser's old movies to catch up on.

"He's got a lot of stuff," Sink said with a laugh. "I definitely have a lot more that I need to watch."

Fraser, Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton star in "The Whale," which premieres in theaters on Friday.

The drama follows Charlie, an ailing, reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who's given one week to live by his nurse friend, Liz (Chau). With the remaining days he has left, Charlie tries desperately to reunite with Ellie.

You can watch the trailer below.