Article: Bridget's my Golden girl; Star daughter inspired Easy Rider Peter Fonda to Oscar-nominated performance.(Features)

NOMINATING Peter Fonda for an Oscar was a bit like inviting a Hells Angel round to your granny's for tea.

For years the legendary star of Easy Rider championed the liberal drug- taking, free-love lifestyle of his most famous screen character.

He was way outside of the Hollywood superstardom epitomised by his father, Henry, and sister Jane.

But his remarkable role in Ulee's Gold, released tomorrow, puts him right back in the big star limelight.

No wonder he grins as we photograph him and drawls: "I should have yellow feathers coming out of ...

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