Trivia for The Mummy Returns

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Additional cliffs had to be digitally added to the "Tidal Wave"
scene in order to mask hundreds of spectators watching the
production.

In order to keep his smooth hairless look, Arnold Vosloo had his
entire body shaved twice a day. Originally, he tried waxing but
couldn't stand the pain.

The building used for the outside of the British Museum is not the
real British Museum; it's University College London. The Museum
was unavailable as it was undergoing external reconstruction and
was covered in scaffolding.

Brendan Fraser tore a spinal disk, cracked a rib, and injured his
knees during production. Dwayne Johnson suffered from food
poisoning and sunstroke.

The interiors of the O'Connells' house were filmed in the
Shepperton Studios offices used by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

This film was the first time London's Tower Bridge was ever closed
for filming, for to do so is like closing the 405 freeway in Los
Angeles. They were allowed to close it for 20 minutes at a time,
but the resulting traffic jam after the first time brought threats
of arrest from Scotland Yard and a reduced closing time of 10
minutes.

Alex knocks over the columns in the same way his mother knocked
over the bookcases in The Mummy, The.

During the attack when the four mummies chase the trolley, there
are many similarities to Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

When Alex (Freddie Boath) is reading from the Book of the Dead, he
has trouble translating a hieroglyph of a stork. His Uncle
Jonathan (John Hannah) reminds Alex what the symbol means. In The
Mummy Jonathan needed help translating the same symbol.

Despite fighting his character (The Scorpion King) in the finale,
at the time of release Brendan Fraser had not met The Rock (Dwayne
Johnson).

The title does not appear at the beginning of this film. The title
finally is given at the end of the picture, after the headlining
credits but before main credits roll.

The character Izzy is named after director Stephen Sommers' dog.

The voice of the Scorpion King, at the end of the film, was dubbed
by Brazilian rock singer Max Cavalera.

Director Cameo: Stephen Sommers sitting in the bathtub at Izzy's
place.

Ardeth Bay ('Fehr Oded' ) is the only person in the film who
refers to Imhotep (-Arnold Vosloo) as "the Creature".


Rachel Weisz's character Nerfertiri was originally called
Nefertiti but the producers felt that people would make "boob"
jokes about the name so it was changed to that of another Egyptian
queen.

The battle sequence in the O'Connell manor was originally supposed
to be set in a casino owned by Jonathan, but budget constraints
meant that a house was substituted.

Brendan Fraser wanted the O'Connell family to live in an
apartment, but they ended up living in a house so that it could be
used for the big battle scene (see above).

The house used as the O'Connells' mansion appeared as part of the
library in the Mummy, The (1999).

When Evelyn is first seen brushing off a wall, the figures on the
wall behind her are of two females fighting with sais. This is a
depiction of her as Nefertiri fighting Anck Su Namun in front of
the Pharaoh.

The O'Connell's mansion was the same mansion used for filming in
The Omen.

The Rock's only spoken lines are in Ancient Egyptian.












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