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By JAKE COYLE, Associated Press Film Writer

BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brendan Fraser is staring at a cooling fireplace.

“I have an urge to poke this fire so bad,” Fraser says with a grin.

The 56-year-old actor is midway through breakfast at a boutique Westchester inn not far from his home. He arrived, as Fraser usually does, with wide-eyed excitement, cheerfully greeting the server, ordering up a plate of poached eggs and oatmeal, and occasionally eyeing the fading embers next to him.

Yet Fraser has already rekindled his career thanks to his Oscar-winning turn in 2022’s “The Whale.” His best-actor victory was widely cheered as the comeback for the former 1990s star of “Encino Man,” “George of the Jungle” and “The Mummy.” Still, Fraser’s vict

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