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Brendan Fraser tearfully accepted the Academy Award for best actor for his role in the film “The Whale” on Sunday.
He began his speech by thanking the film’s director Darren Aronofsky “for throwing me a creative lifeline.”
Fraser was nominated in his category alongside Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”), Austin Butler (“Elvis) and Bill Nighy (“Living”).