12 Incredible Facts About “The Mummy” Franchise That Made Us Highly Appreciate The Movies
“The Mummy” is a name that requires no introduction. Coming to the scene in 1932, the movie was initially rejected by test audiences, yet became a big fav of millions of moviegoers thereafter. Along with a unique horror-adventure story, the movies draw attention thanks to many top-notch scenes that really float the boat of audiences.When the scenes come to viewers, everybody believes that the filming production is grueling and the screw had to work at full throttle. In fact, everything behind the scenes is much more than people can imagine. From locating the scene in the real volcano to preparing special screws to keep actors hydrating while filming, that even makes us wonder how they could have gotten through that.
In this post, we’ve highlighted 12 crazy facts about “The Mummy” franchise. In the end, you will actually admire and appreciate all members of the movie crew, including producers, actors, and even supporters. Keep scrolling down to explore, and share with us your opinion.
In this post, we’ve highlighted 12 crazy facts about “The Mummy” franchise. In the end, you will actually admire and appreciate all members of the movie crew, including producers, actors, and even supporters. Keep scrolling down to explore, and share with us your opinion.
#12 The Medjai were intended to be completely covered in tattoos
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#11 The actors on set had to drink a special brew every few hours
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#10 Even the camels didn’t like the actor who played Beni
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#9 The scene in the library was filmed in just one take.
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#8 The movies were actually filmed in Morocco, not Egypt.
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#7 Rachel Weisz’s role was inspired by a real-life person.
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#6 Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez trained for months just for one scene.
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#5 During filming, the actor who played Imhotep had to be fully shaved twice a day
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#4 Tom Cruise was offered the starring role, but he turned it down.
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Before Brendan Fraser, there were many big names considered for Rick O’Connell, yet many of them turned it down. Tom Cruise is one of those cases. It took him 2 decades to change his mind, and then he played the star in the 2017 reboot of The Mummy.#3 Brendan Fraser nearly died while filming the gallows scene
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#2 The Set mas made within a volcano.
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#1 Real rats and insects were utilized for some of the scenes
Rats and insects are the stuff of nightmares, especially for women. But in the movie, the rat crawling over Weisz while being tied up is real. And we can see the fear on her face seems to be real too. Besides, Jonathon Hyde (as Dr. Chamberlain) had to reshoot a scene in which locusts crawled over his neck, face, and head several times because it was hard for him to maintain the requisite straight face for the take.Share this article
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