Why different actress in mummy 3

According to director Rob Cohen it is. So, was Cohen correct that Weisz was unhappy with playing an older part, or was it merely a scheduling problem and she was telling the truth that she had never read the script? We had that chemistry.

For more movie-related posts, or nostalgia-inducing content, be sure to check out the recommended reads below. Like Like. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Some other reports at the time of The Mummy 3 's release suggested that Weisz backed out of the film due to her having a very young son at the time, and not wanting to be away from him for an extended period.

However, she starred in two other films around the same time, which casts a bit of doubt on that theory. While it sometimes gets overlooked in hindsight, Weisz herself offered a more mundane explanation than any of the above reasons for her lack of participation in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor , during an interview back in September Weisz said that she had never even read the script for the film, and that the scheduling of its production, which would've entailed spending five months in China, is what put her off the project, as it would've required her to immediately begin filming right after production wrapped on The Brothers Bloom.

Michael Kennedy is an avid movie and TV fan that's been working for Screen Rant in various capacities since The crossbow traps in the tomb scene were based in reality. According to Chinese archaeologists, the excavation of the Qin Dynasty Terracotta Army in Xi'an is progressing so slowly, partially because the site is filled with similar traps. The filmmakers originally considered bringing back Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep, except this time, he's a last-resort ally who helps the heroes defeat the Dragon Emperor.

Vosloo hated the script and didn't want to make a Mummy movie without Stephen Sommers, so he declined to return. Oded Fehr was also asked to reprise his role as Ardeth Bay. Fehr declined because Imhotep was not to be in the film, and had felt that if there was no Imhotep, then Ardeth Bay had no point or reason to appear in the movie. The small device that triggers a trap by dropping a bronze marble from a dragon's mouth to a frog's mouth is inspired by an ancient instrument that could predict the direction of a coming earthquake.

It is considered the first seismograph. In the closing scene, a screen text reveals that mummies were soon thereafter discovered in Peru, a possible stinger for a sequel Peru is home to the ancient Inca civilization, which also mummified their important members. There was indeed going to be a third sequel titled "The Mummy 4: Rise of the Aztecs", but since Aztecs are native to Mexico, it probably would not have been set in Peru. Brendan Fraser and the cast of the third film had signed up for the sequel, and Antonio Banderas would have played the main antagonist.

However, the film was canceled in favor of the reboot The Mummy , which was meant to be the first chapter in the 'Dark Universe', interconnected movies featuring the classic movie monsters such as the Mummy, Dracula, Jeckyl and Hyde, the Wolfman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Frankenstein. However, due to the critical and commercial failure of The Mummy , all other proposed movies were eventually scrapped.

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