Brendan Fraser Open to a Fourth 'Mummy' Movie, Explains Why Tom Cruise's Reboot Flopped

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Brendan Fraser first took on the role of Rick O'Connell in The Mummy back in 1999, and while he went to star in two other films in the action-adventure franchise, he hasn't reprised the beloved character since 2008’s “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." Now, nearly 15 years later, the 53-year-old actor is opening up about whether or not he'd revisit the role again.«I don’t know how it would work,” Fraser told in an interview published Wednesday. “But I’d be open to it if someone came up with the right conceit.”When the franchise was rebooted in 2017, it was Tom Cruise who took on the challenge of playing the lead in the new film.

The movie performed so poorly at the box office — leading all plans for more films in the in the Dark Universe series to be canceled — and Fraser explained why he believes the reboot flopped.“It is hard to make that movie,” he explained. “The ingredient that we had going for our Mummy, which I didn’t see in that film, was fun.

That was what was lacking in that incarnation. It was too much of a straight-ahead horror movie. ‘The Mummy’ should be a thrill ride, but not terrifying and scary.”  “I know how difficult it is to pull it off,” Fraser added. “I tried to do it three times.”More recently, Fraser transformed into a 600-pound man for Darren Aronofsky's which landed him a six-minute standing ovation when it debuted at the 2022 Venice Film Festival last month.

In videos that surfaced online of the touching moment, Fraser can be seen getting visibly emotional as the crowd cheers.»The standing ovation for #TheWhale was so enthusiastic, Brendan Fraser tried to leave the theater but the crowd’s applause made him stay. #Venezia79," Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh tweeted at the time, also sharing.