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Mummy III's Fraser Missed Weisz
Brendan Fraser, who reprises his role as adventurer Rick O'Connell in the upcoming action film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, told reporters that he missed his former co-star Rachel Weisz, who did not return for the sequel.
"I felt Rachel's absence when I read the screenplay the first time, I will cop to that," Fraser said in a group interview this week in Beverly Hills, Calif. "We were partners. We were colleagues. We were friends, and I couldn't read the screenplay and not think about hearing her say it this way or that way. We had that chemistry."
The English-born Weisz played Rick's British love interest, Evelyn, in the first two Mummy films, but was replaced by American actress Maria Bello in the third. Fraser said that he didn't know why Weisz decided not to come back, but added that he respected her decision.
"I think she made the choice that was correct for her," Fraser said. "I quickly said to myself, 'A role is a role.' You step into it, and maybe, in certain cases, they're indelible. There's no replacing Indiana Jones, for instance. It's Harrison Ford, come on! And, in certain instances, you take another actress and put them in and let them play and see what they're going to do with it."
Fraser praised Bello and her ability to balance continuity in the character with making it her own.
"What Maria Bello brought to the role, through the casting process and the screen tests, was enthusiasm, sass and class," Fraser said. "She's sexy, and she's bad news with her Winchester rifle. She had a real good run at doing the dialect as best she could without acting an accent, which can so often happen, to varying degrees of success, when actors of other native-speaking tongues attempt to do that. She played the part, rather than let it play her. She made it her own."
For those audience members who may have trouble accepting the casting change, Fraser offered some advice: "Folks, it's a movie. Relax." The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens Aug. 1. --Cindy White
Source:http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/in
Brendan Fraser, who reprises his role as adventurer Rick O'Connell in the upcoming action film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, told reporters that he missed his former co-star Rachel Weisz, who did not return for the sequel.
"I felt Rachel's absence when I read the screenplay the first time, I will cop to that," Fraser said in a group interview this week in Beverly Hills, Calif. "We were partners. We were colleagues. We were friends, and I couldn't read the screenplay and not think about hearing her say it this way or that way. We had that chemistry."
The English-born Weisz played Rick's British love interest, Evelyn, in the first two Mummy films, but was replaced by American actress Maria Bello in the third. Fraser said that he didn't know why Weisz decided not to come back, but added that he respected her decision.
"I think she made the choice that was correct for her," Fraser said. "I quickly said to myself, 'A role is a role.' You step into it, and maybe, in certain cases, they're indelible. There's no replacing Indiana Jones, for instance. It's Harrison Ford, come on! And, in certain instances, you take another actress and put them in and let them play and see what they're going to do with it."
Fraser praised Bello and her ability to balance continuity in the character with making it her own.
"What Maria Bello brought to the role, through the casting process and the screen tests, was enthusiasm, sass and class," Fraser said. "She's sexy, and she's bad news with her Winchester rifle. She had a real good run at doing the dialect as best she could without acting an accent, which can so often happen, to varying degrees of success, when actors of other native-speaking tongues attempt to do that. She played the part, rather than let it play her. She made it her own."
For those audience members who may have trouble accepting the casting change, Fraser offered some advice: "Folks, it's a movie. Relax." The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens Aug. 1. --Cindy White
Source:http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/in
