Brendan Fraserthrew himself into filmingThe Mummyback in the late 1990s, but as he recalled he “nearly died” after seemingly throwing himself a little too with a rope around his neck. As one of Fraser’s most memorable roles,The Mummycalled for some intense stunt work when it came to a hanging scene. In a recent appearance onThe Kelly Clarkson Show, Fraser explained how having the rope too tight on his neck during filming saw him almost pushing things too far. He said:
“I was standing on my toes like this, with the rope [around my neck], and you only got so far to go, and [director] Stephen [Sommers] ran over, and he said, ‘Hey, it doesn’t really look like you’re, you know, choking — can you sell it?’ And I was like, ‘All right, fine.’ So I thought, ‘One more take, man.' I was stuck on my toes — I had nowhere to go but down, and so he was pulling up, and I was going down, and the next thing I knew, my elbow was in my ear, the world was sideways, there was gravel in my teeth, and everyone was really quiet. [The Stunt Coordinator said], ‘Congratulations, you’re in the club — the same thing happened to Mel Gibson on Braveheart.’ [I said,] ‘Thanks, I think?! I wanna go home!’”
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Brendan Fraser Would Be Up To Reprise His Role in The Mummy 4.
While it has been a long time since Brendan Fraser fought off the hordes of evil inThe Mummyfranchise, the last few years have proved that there are plenty of opportunities for legacy sequels out there, so the question of whetherThe Mummy could be one of the next franchises to be revived. When it comes to potentially playing Rick O’Connell again, Fraser would be more than up for it. He previously said:
“Gosh, I don’t know any juicy details about it. But it’s kind of an open-ended question for some time now. I’m not opposed to it. I don’t know an actor that doesn’t want a job. I don’t think I’ve been this famous and unsalaried at the same time in my professional life, so sign me up.”
Fraser has currently been on the trail of a comeback in Hollywood, and his role inThe Whalehas seen him on the receiving end of a lot of praise, and put him right in the middle of this year’s Oscar contenders. Havingalready picked up awards forThe Whale, the question of whether Fraser can beat off the likes of Austin Butler and Colin Farrell is will be answered later this month at the 2023 Oscars Ceremony.
In the meantime, Fraser has a number of projects already in the works to keep him busy and even after seeing both of his DC roles, inBatgirlandDoom Patrol, being canceled, he has said that he is open to joining the new DCU at some point in the future. For his fans, all of this means that there will be plenty to come from Fraser in the near future.
