Brendan Fraser was a younger man last time he starred in \u201cThe Mummy\u201d film series with 2008\u2019s \u201cThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.\u201d Now 56 and slated to return as Rick O\u2019Connell in an upcoming reboot of the series, he brushed off concerns of his age in an interview published Thursday, quipping: \u201cThat\u2019s what they have stuntmen for.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a live conversation at the 92nd Street Y tied to the release of Fraser\u2019s \u201cRental Family,\u201d<\/a> the actor seemed ready to return to the series \u2014\u00a0though not without some help.<\/p>\n \u201cThe last time you shot one of those, you were a 40-year-old man, and, like, the stunts are real, man,\u201d said \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d host Josh Horowitz. \u201cIs that a consideration?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely. That\u2019s what they have stunt men for,\u201d Fraser said. \u201cOne of my favorite things to say is \u2018Dude, you\u2019re gonna be awesome in this shot!’\u201d<\/p>\n You can watch the full interview below:<\/p>\n The news of a new film in the \u201cMummy\u201d action\/adventure franchise<\/a> broke in early November, with the Radio Silence team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett tapped to direct a screenplay written by David Coggeshall. Fraser, who was in a trilogy of \u201cMummy\u201d movies, is said to return to star alongside Rachel Weisz, who was only in the first two \u2014\u00a0a reunion roughly 25 years in the making.<\/p>\n When Horowitz asked Fraser about the upcoming feature, Fraser joked that he would cough once if it was happening and twice if it wasn\u2019t. He then gave a single performative cough. Earlier in the interview, Fraser spoke to the surprising success of the franchise and its ever-growing fandom over the decades.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt was an action picture, it was a romance, it was a drama, it was a horror film, it was a comedy, it was a smorgasbord of all of that,\u201d Fraser said. \u201cWhile we were shooting it, I can still hear Rachel saying, \u2018Oh no, they\u2019re going to confiscate our Equity cards.’\u201d<\/p>\n Fraser spoke to TheWrap\u2019s Andi Ortiz on Thursday, where he was asked for any additional details on the \u201cMummy\u201d reboot. Unfortunately, the \u201cRental Family\u201d star mostly kicked the can down the road.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish I could give you such fascinating insights on this my friend, but my lips are sealed for now,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is some accuracy to what the trades had to share about the possibility of this, as those headlines write, it remains speculation, but hey, with fingers crossed, we can take this forward, because I know I\u2019ve met so many fans, like I said earlier, and all they do is come through the line with pictures of \u2018The Mummy\u2019 and Rick O\u2019Connell and Evelyn, and they dress up as the characters, and I certainly want to help fulfill their fondest hopes and give them what they want: another movie.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Brendan Fraser Brushes Off Concerns About His \u2018The Mummy\u2019 Return at Age 56: \u2018That\u2019s What They Have Stuntmen For\u2019 | Video<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brendan Fraser was a younger man last time he starred in \u201cThe Mummy\u201d film series with 2008\u2019s \u201cThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.\u201d Now 56 and slated to return as Rick O\u2019Connell in an upcoming reboot of the series, he brushed off concerns of his age in an interview published Thursday, quipping: \u201cThat\u2019s what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2143131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[342228,325833,390551,406705,320410],"class_list":["post-2169486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-brendan-fraser","tag-josh-horowitz","tag-rachel-weisz","tag-rick-oconnell","tag-universal-pictures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/7-Movies-You-Didnt-Know-Were-Adapted-From-Stephen-King.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169487,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169486\/revisions\/2169487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n