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The "Encino Man" actor has hinted that he hopes the role can result in a comeback like former co-stars Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan have experienced in recent years.
Now we know where power lies. In the unsuspecting hands of a middle-aged character actor from Hammersmith. Toby Jones’s quiet, sympathetic portrayal of one-time sub-postmaster Alan Bates has gripped the hearts of the nation and seen PM Rishi Sunak leap from his Peloton – not pausing even to rate his online cycling instructor Cody Rigsby – and dash to the Cabinet room to rally the troops to the moment’s most pressing and populist agenda.