Brendan Fraser “mummy” and its two sequels. And while he hasn’t returned to undead land since his 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Fraser says he’s open to revisiting the franchise that made him a megastar. increase.
“I don’t know how it works,” he admits. “But if someone can come up with the right pretentiousness, I’ll take it.”
Fraser shared his thoughts on the film series, variety A cover story about the making of the drama “The Whale,” about an obese man trying to reunite with his estranged daughter. That movie landed him in the middle of the Oscar race.
As part of the story, Fraser reflected on his matinee idol days. “The Mummy” director Stephen Sommers said he cast the actor because he had very specific skills.
“He could throw and take punches and had a great sense of humor,” he says. “You really like that guy. He’s not cocky or arrogant.”
He added that Fraser did as many stunts as he could and even injured his knee at one point, but overcame it and completed the film. “He was game to everything we threw at him,” Somers says.
When Universal rebooted “The Mummy” in 2017, Fraser wasn’t invited to the party. Instead, it was Tom Cruise who was left to deal with the consequences of excavating an ancient tomb.
“It’s hard to make that movie,” he says. “The material we had for the mummy that wasn’t seen in that movie was fun. should be a thrilling ride, but not terrifying and scary.”
“We know how difficult it is to pull off,” adds Fraser. “I tried to do it three times.”