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Melissa Leo on her ad campaign and Oscar nomination for The Fighter

The Fighter nominee talks to Jacob Bernstein about being cast as the mother of an actor just 11 years her junior—and the thinking behind her controversial Oscar ad campaign.

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Melissa Leo plays Alice Ward in The Fighter. (Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures),JOJO WHILDEN

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