We’re living in the Fraser-naissance right now as actor Brendan Fraser has been travelling to various film festivals to show off Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” and scoring standing ovations for his performance in the film wherever he goes.
In terms of popularity, Fraser reached his greatest height with 1999’s “The Mummy” thanks to his role as adventurer Rick O’Connell. The actor returned for its two sequels, the last of which was released in 2008.
In a new interview with Variety, Fraser says he is open to revisiting the franchise saying:
“I don’t know how it would work, but I’d be open to it if someone came up with the right conceit.”
The first film’s director Stephen Sommers also spoke about Fraser’s casting, saying:
“He could throw a punch and take a punch, and he had a great sense of humor. You really like the guy. He never comes across as cocky or arrogant… He was game for anything we threw at him.”
Fraser also spoke about 2017’s Tom Cruise-led reboot of “The Mummy” and discusses why he thinks it failed:
“It is hard to make that movie. 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. I tried to do it three times.”
Fraser was seen earlier this year in Steven Soderbergh’s “No Sudden Move,” has Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” arriving next year, and continues to lend his voice to HBO Max’s “Doom Patrol” series, which gets a fourth season shortly.
“The Whale” will open theatrically on December 9th.
