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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

The Mummy Returns (2001)

This is the sequel to the first film, The Mummy.
Summary
-Alex O'Connell is the eight year old son of Rick and Evelyn O'Connell. They are discovering ancient Egyptian artifacts and when Alex accidentally slips on the Bracelet of Anubis, which is being transported to a museum in London, they soon discover so is the body of Imhotep. The dead high priest wants the bracelet to control the Scorpion King's army and with the bracelet on, Alex's life is at stake.






Cast
-Brendan Fraser: Rick O'Connell
-Rachel Weisz: Evelyn Carnahan / Nefertiri
-John Hannah: Jonathan Carnahan
-Arnold Vosloo: Imhotep
-Oded Fehr: Ardeth Bay
-Freddie Boath: Alex
-Alun Armstrong: Mr. Hafez
-Dwayne Johnson: The Scorpion King
-Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje: Lock-Nah
-Shaun Parkes: Izzy
-Aharon Ipale: Pharaoah

Did You Know?
-Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez did their own fight scenes without stunt women. To do this, they trained for five months
-Arnold Vosloo had to have his whole body shaved twice a day to retain the smooth, hairless look. Initially, he tried waxing but it caused him too much pain
-On the dress that Anck Su Manu wears, the sleeves look just like the body paint from her previous life
-Production was approved to start on this movie the morning after The Mummy opened in May 1999
-All the lines spoken by Dwayne Johnson are in ancient Egyptian
-The axe the Arnold Vosloo carried weighed about 50 pounds. He said that after three days, his arms felt like they were going to fall out of their sockets

-Production rounded up vintage double decker buses for the movie. The ads in them are real ads from the 1930s
-The exterior shots of what is supposed to be the British Museum is not the real British Museum. It's actually University College London. The actual British Museum was undergoing renovations at the time and was covered in scaffolding
-In real life, Oded Fehr has no face tattoos. He does have one on his back, a small ghost
-At the end of the film, the voice of the Scorpion King was dubbed by Brazilian rock musician, songwriter and guitarist Max Cavalera, lead vocalist of the bands Sepultura, Soulfly and Cavelera Conspiracy
-The two men guarding the Bracelet of Anubis in Evy's vision in the tomb are brothers in real life

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