Dwayne Johnson talking about Brendan Fraser

On Sunday, at the screening of Fraser's movie The Whale at the Venice International Film Festival

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He and the film were greeted with applause for six minutes from the crowd.

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In Fraser's "The Mummy" co-star Johnson 50, noticed the news posting it online with a sweet text message.

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