- Brendan Fraser opened up about reprising his role as Rick O'Connell in "The Mummy."
- In a new interview with Deadline, the "Whale" actor said he was "not opposed" to playing Rick again.
Brendan Fraser's performance in "The Whale" may be generating lots of buzz ahead of awards season, but the actor recently revealed that he'd be open to reprising his role in "The Mummy" sometime in the future.
"Gosh, I don't know any juicy details about it, but it's kinda been an open-ended question for some time now," Fraser told Deadline's Pete Hammond during a recent interview. "I'm not opposed to it. I don't know an actor who doesn't want a job."
"I don't think I've been this famous and unsalaried at the same time in my professional life, so sign me up," the "George of the Jungle" star continued, adding jokingly: "We've all got to start somewhere."
Fraser famously played adventurer Rick O'Connell in the film franchise, beginning with the 1999 film "The Mummy," which was followed by two sequels: "The Mummy Returns" in 2001 and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" in 2008. Rachel Weisz also starred alongside Fraser in the first two "Mummy" films.
The series was rebooted with a 2017 film starring Tom Cruise, but plans for any sequels starring Cruise were reportedly put on hold after the movie underperformed at the box office.
Fraser's role in "The Mummy" films helped make him a household name in the late '90s and early 2000s. The actor has continued working in the years since, but a series of lower-profile projects in recent years have led some to herald his award-nominated role in the new film "The Whale" a comeback.
Fraser also has several projects on the horizon, including "Killers of the Flower Moon," a period drama directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Fraser, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro.