A lot of reboot movies failed when they were not careful in selecting the casts like Superman returns, Incredible Hulk,, clash of the titans, karate kid, Arthur, fame etc. That also goes to show Tom Cruise was impressed with the well-acted roles in the first Mummy trilogy and that he didn’t have second thoughts about accepting a hand-me-down role. It was not just given to somebody who is amateurish.

From a different perspective, he is well-pleased to see that the blockbuster movie where he top-billed was given to an A-list and an academy award-winning actor Tom Cruise. (Steven Biscotti – think Brendan is more positive and he chose to look at the brighter side. I will buy the ticket to watch it on the opening day.”īrendan Fraser has always been one of the most entertaining, lovable, and down to earth of celebrities and it’s great hearing the kind sentiments and good will he’s expressed towards the production of Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy, along with headlining star, Tom Cruise. He will be great and the film will be exciting. I have met Tom before and he is a nice guy. I am certain that this one will be unique. There were many movies made before the one that I was lucky to be a part of. “I am flattered as Tom Cruise is a really big movie star. In a recent interview with Brendan Fraser, he was asked what he thought “on Tom Cruise being roped in for The Mummy reboot,” and he had the following to say: The generality of the 1932 original by Karl Freund being overlooked is just yet another marker that the Universal Monsters films are generational, but that the ’99 action/adventure is still widely considered as the Mummy movie for general audiences. It’s actually quite interesting that there’s a great body of people that are under the impression that Alex Kurtzman’s 2017 reboot is actually a remake of the 1999 version. With the release of The Mummy and its sequel on Netflix a few months back, many have rediscovered this modern classic, while others have just been newly introduced to one of Universal’s longest running properties. Fraser, popular during the 90’s, may best be remembered as the swashbuckling adventurer and Indiana Jones successor, Rick O’ Connell, in The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. 17 years later and we still love Rick O’ Connell!īrendan Fraser is back! He’s currently set to star in the upcoming season of SHOWTIME’s popular series The Affairand will next be seen in The Field, which features the directorial debut of India’s Rohit Karn Batra.

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