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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Dwayne Johnson Is Forever Grateful for Brendan Fraser · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. As much as Hollywood likes to pretend
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  Speaker 1: everybody gets along while filming a movie, the reality is
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  Speaker 1: some big stars aren't exactly kind to their less famous
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  Speaker 1: co stars. Maybe they're insecure about their rising star meter
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  Speaker 1: or a bit spoiled. But Dwayne Johnson just told the
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  Speaker 1: New Heights podcast when he didn't have a single acting
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  Speaker 1: credit to his name on the set of The Mummy
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  Speaker 1: returns the guys getting top billing on the movie, Brendan
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  Speaker 1: Fraser couldn't have been nicer. Dwayne says, I was so
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  Speaker 1: excited to be cast.
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  Speaker 2: In the film, but I always need to mention Brendan Fraser.
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  Speaker 1: He was one of the biggest stars in the world.
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  Speaker 1: That was his franchise. I came in having never acted before,
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  Speaker 1: all excited. He could have easily said, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if I want this wrestler, but he embraced me. I
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  Speaker 1: love that man for that. He helped kick off my career.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, The bromance between Dwayn Johnson and Brendan
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  Speaker 3: Fraser continues to this day, with Brendan giving major kudos
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  Speaker 3: to Dwayne for his acting in The Smashing Machine, which
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  Speaker 3: is now playing.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood,