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#DwayneJohnson and #BrendanFraser first met making “The Mummy Returns,” which saw Fraser share the screen with a WWE superstar making his Hollywood acting debut. Two decades later, both actors are collecting festival tears and critical acclaim for some of their most vulnerable work yet. In their #ActorsOnActors conversation, they reflect on how they’ve backed each other at pivotal moments in their careers. Fraser welcomed The Rock, then a WWE superstar with zero acting credits, into “The Mummy Returns” with open arms. “You took a risk on me,” Johnson says. “I want to thank you for really changing my life.” Years later, Johnson became one of the world’s most bankable movie stars, but Fraser looked to make a comeback with “The Whale” after a long hiatus from Hollywood. He calls Johnson a “godfather” behind the film’s success, which earned Fraser his first Oscar. Watch the full video now on the CNN app and read the conversation at the link in bio. — Photographs by Alexi Lubomirski alex...

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