The Mummy at 25

Dangit… This makes me feel so old right now. Call me Imhotep because I’m downright ancient. 🤦‍♂️

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The Mummy director is unwrapping his memories of the popular action film that starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz as it hits its 25th anniversary.

In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, director Stephen Sommers recalls Fraser’s health scare during a stunt mishap, the effort to cast James Earl Jones, the Super Bowl spot that changed the movie’s fate, why he skipped the third movie and his feelings about the Tom Cruise-led reboot, released in 2017.

I had my agents call the producers Jim Jacks and Sean Daniel, and they were so sick of The Mummy that they didn’t even hear my pitch and just brought me straight into Universal.

My editor Bobby [Ducsay] is my main critic, and even before I finished the script, Bob was like, “Oh, this is Brendan Fraser.” I don’t think I’d even seen George of the Jungle at that point.

On the Amazon rental version of the movie, there is a trivia pop-up claiming that Sylvester Stallone was initially offered the role.

I remember around Christmastime in the editing room, going, “For 40 years, people have been making fun of The Mummy.” I suddenly had a panic attack.

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