Academy Award-winner Brendan Fraser is our guest this week on the Awards Tour Podcast, and Rotten Tomatoes Awards Editor Jacqueline Coley discusses his new film , a heartwarming dramedy where he plays an American actor who lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. Fraser talks about meeting the director HIKARI , immersing himself in Japanese culture, what fans can expect in the new Mummy film, and working with such legends as Pauly Shore, Ricki Lake, and famous “theater geek wizard nerd” Martin Scorsese.

Be sure to check out Rental Family , which is now in theaters , and we’ll see you on the next stop of the Awards Tour.

Jacqueline Coley for Rotten Tomatoes: So you play an actor living in Japan who is

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