At the start we were both a bit shy about hurting each other, but by the end we were really going for it.
I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting. We both trained for 3 months, sometimes 7 or 8 hours a day, and I did all my own stunts - including the jumps and the splits - except one. The training we did was insane, boxing with martial arts. The hardest thing I had to do in the whole film was the big fight scene I have with Rachel. You and Rachel have this amazing catfight. It was great, but for me it's really a love story. Yeah, it's a much bigger role, as I also play Meela, the modern reincarnation of my Egyptian character. You must be thrilled as you get a much bigger role in the sequel?
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Here, Velasquez, who's wearing a tan and white leather jacket over skin tight black jeans that show off her exotic looks and figure to perfection, talks candidlyĪbout her on-screen catfight with Rachel and subsequent health scare, growing up poor in an apartment with no running water, and the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll lifestyle of a supermodel. In person, she's tall and curvaceous, with long brown hair and skin the color of honey. It's easy to see why the 29-year-old Latina beauty got the role. ' The sequel also reunites the original characters of Imhotep, played by Arnold Vosloo, and Anck-Su-Namun, his sexy lover played by Venezuelan modelling superstar Patricia Velasquez. Now, the legacy of a 3,000 year-old curse has returned to threaten nosey antiquarians Rick and Evelyn O'Connell ( Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz) and assorted villains and adventurers - along with box office records, in the shape of ' Mummy Returns, The (2001). Even though the franchise fizzled out in the end, I’ll always look upon the first two entries fondly.Two years ago, ' Mummy, The (1999)' became a surprise global blockbuster, eventually earning over $415 million. It was the lowest-grossing film of the trilogy. Unfortunately, the follow-up to this movie, 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, opened to mostly negative reviews. All of them were all straight-to-DVD and none of them featuring Dwayne Johnson in the role. That movie would receive a whopping FOUR sequels. This film launched a shared universe with The Rock’s Scorpion King character receiving his own theatrical spin-off. She was able to depart from the bookworm damsel-in-distress role she played in the first one to kicking wholesale ass in the sequel.
Even Rachel Weisz, who left the franchise after this to go win a bunch of Oscars, seems to have fun. All the actors are having the time of their lives making this movie. The plot is straightforward but with a few entertaining twists, and it never takes itself too seriously. Ardeth (played by Oded Fehr) explains that he is a descendant of the Medjai, a race of ancients sworn to uphold the balance between the undead and the living.Ĭourtesy of Universal Studios The Mummy Returns is Indiana Jones meets Marvel. Even Rick is given a place in all this mythology. Evie’s character is tied to their past as she’s revealed to be the reincarnation of Princess Nefertiri, daughter of the sleazy Pharoah, the two villains disposed of in the first film. Imhotep and his evil lover Anck-su-namuns’ backstories are expanded upon. He is a fallen king who sacrifices his soul to Anubis in exchange for his army. This time around, the Rock joins them, in his motion picture debut, playing The Scorpion King. The movie features Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz as Evie, an Egyptologist on a quest to find the ‘City of the Dead.’ Agents of SHIELD star John Hannah as her carousing older brother with an eye for treasure and Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep, the evil titular Mummy. It stars Brendan Fraser as Rick, an American adventurer who discovers the ancient city of Hamunaptra. The Mummy Returns is the sequel to 1999’s The Mummy, a wildly successful remake of the 1932 classic of the same name. Which is a feat I would only ever repeat with Avengers Infinity War many years later.
I absolutely adored this movie when I was a kid. I know May the 4th is “Star Wars Day,” and I’m happy for all the SW fans, but The Mummy is another classic action-adventure movie franchise that deserves a little praise. Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of The Mummy Returns. The Mummy Returns is one of the best Hollywood sequels!
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