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Brendan Fraser: Hollywood's new Comeback King?
Hollywood loves an underdog story - and Brendan Fraser might be about to provide the Academy Awards with a real life one next month.
He's the favourite to take home the Best Actor Oscar, for his role as a recluse trying to reconnect with his daughter in 'The Whale.'
Fraser was a huge star two decades ago, but his high-profile parts dried up.
So what changed? Tom Brook reports for BBC Talking Movies.
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