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Brendan Fraser has opened up about one role he didn't get.
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In a new interview, Fraser revealed that he auditioned for a role in the series. «"All my children.".
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Although he didn't get the job, he later achieved success in films such as «The Man from Encino» и «George of the Jungle.
Brendan Fraser struggled to land a role on a daytime TV show for a long time before landing the job that ultimately changed his life.
In an interview given on Thursday, May 28, on the program Live With Mark and Kelly , the 57-year-old actor revealed how he recently moved to New York City when he "auditioned for ABC Capital Cities for a soap opera called All My Children ».
«"I showed up and auditioned. I didn't get the job, right?" Fraser admitted.
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Then co-host Kelly Ripa admitted she remembered the timeline of Fraser's audition, saying, "I know this because a couple of months later I was on a plane and I was reading American Airlines magazine, and you had just starred in, I think, a movie."« The Man from Encino ».
«And you told me that your first audition was for a role in a TV series «All My Children» , and that you wouldn't have become a movie star if you had gotten that job in «"Everyone »My children.» So, please,” added Ripa, 55.
Ripa herself starred on the show from 1990 to 2002, and even met her current husband (and talk show co-host) Mark Consuelos on set in 1995.
Although Fraser failed to land a role in the series, he achieved huge success in the film «The Man from Encino» In 1992, he played a defrosted prehistoric man who found himself in the 1990s. This role helped launch his acting career, and he subsequently starred in films such as «George of the Jungle» (1997) and «"Mummy"» (1999).
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He recently announced his return in a new film in the Mummy franchise. .
Fraser has three children: Griffin Arthur Fraser, 23, Holden Fletcher Fraser, 21, and Leland Francis Fraser, 20. All three children actor , known from the film «"Mummy"» , - from his ex-wife Afton Smith.
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