Brendan Fraser rose to prominence taking part in the swashbuckling lead in 1999’s “The Mummy” and its 2001 sequel “The Mummy Returns,” each of which comprise loads of motion set items. Fraser blacked out whereas filming his hanging scene within the first film, and it was a scary expertise. After his stuntman did the huge pictures, Fraser got here in for the close-ups, and he shortly noticed the world fade round him. “It was like turning down the amount swap on your house stereo, just like the Dying Star powering down,” Fraser informed Leisure Weekly. “I regained consciousness and one of many EMTs was saying my title.” The stunt coordinator discovered it humorous, however Fraser wasn’t amused. “I used to be like, ‘Hey, you guys suppose what you’ll want to, however I am finished for the day.'”
Even now, Fraser and director Stephen Sommers argue about who’s accountable for the incident, although the actor has in the end taken accountability for his stunt decisions. He was merely taking up an excessive amount of on the time. “I imagine I in all probability was making an attempt too exhausting, in a manner that is damaging,” Fraser informed GQ, evaluating himself to the workhorse from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” The actor stated that he was at all times out and in of hospitals and that, when manufacturing on “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” started in 2008, his physique was falling aside. “By the point I did the third ‘Mummy’ image in China I used to be put along with tape and ice,” he stated.