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Brendan Fraser has taken a swipe astatine Tom Cruise's critically-panned The Mummy reboot successful a candid caller interview.
The actor, 53, who starred arsenic adventurer Rick O'Connell successful 3 of the deed franchise's films, said the 2017 container bureau flop 'lacked the fun' seen successful 1999's The Mummy, 2001's The Mummy Returns and 2008's The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Brendan, who is hotly-tipped for awards play occurrence with his relation successful The Whale, told Variety: 'It is hard to marque that movie. The constituent that we had going for our Mummy, which I didn't spot successful the caller one, was fun.
Face of the franchise: Brendan Fraser has taken a swipe astatine Tom Cruise's critically panned The Mummy reboot successful a candid caller interrogation (pictured successful 1999's The Mummy with Rachel Weisz)
'That was what was lacking successful that incarnation. It was excessively overmuch of a straight-ahead fearfulness movie. The Mummy should beryllium a thrill ride, but not terrifying and scary.'
The prima said helium would beryllium unfastened to reprising his relation arsenic the fearless Rick, saying: 'I don't cognize however it would work. But I'd beryllium unfastened to it, if idiosyncratic came up with the close concept.'
Oscar-nominee Cruise had hoped to respire caller beingness into The Mummy franchise, but it was lambasted by critics and ended up losing Universal Studios betwixt $60-100million.
In contrast, 1999's The Mummy made $416.4million against an $80million budget.
Flop: The actor, 53, who starred arsenic adventurer Rick O'Connell successful 3 of the deed franchise's films, said the 2017 container bureau flop (pictured) 'lacked the fun' seen successful the archetypal films
Comeback? The prima said helium would beryllium unfastened to reprising his relation arsenic the fearless Rick (pictured successful 2008's The Mummy - Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor)
Acclaimed: Brendan was interviewed with The Whale director Darren Aronofsky
IndieWire's David Ehrlich wrote astatine the time: 'All of this is to accidental that not lone is The Mummy the worst movie that Tom Cruise has ever made, it's besides evidently the worst movie that Tom Cruise has ever made — it stands retired similar a level enactment connected a expansive piano.'
Elsewhere successful the interview, Brendan discussed the determination to shelve the $100million Batgirl film, successful which helium starred arsenic Ted Carson/Firefly.
Warner Bros scrapped the root movie - which starred Leslie Grace successful the titular relation - aft it received mediocre trial reviews. It had been slated to beryllium released connected HBO Max aboriginal this year.
Brendan said: 'It's tragic. It doesn't engender spot among filmmakers and the studio. Leslie Grace was fantastic. She's a dynamo — conscionable a spot-on performer.
'Everything we changeable was existent and breathtaking and conscionable the antithesis of doing a straightforward digital, all-green-screen thing.
'They ran firetrucks astir downtown Glasgow astatine 3 successful the morning, and they had flamethrowers. It was a big-budget movie, but 1 that was conscionable stripped down to the essentials.'
Shock axe: Elsewhere successful the interview, Brendan discussed the determination to shelve the $100million Batgirl film, successful which helium starred arsenic Ted Carson/Firefly (pictured Leslie Grace successful the film)
This comes aft Brendan broke down successful tears arsenic helium received a five-minute lasting ovation astatine the London screening of his caller movie The Whale connected Monday.
The affectional show comes amid a lengthy property circuit for his caller project, which marks his triumphant instrumentality to Hollywood aft a lengthy conflict with depression.
Brendan has said this was sparked aft helium was 'sexually assaulted' by the erstwhile president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, successful 2003.
In a video shared by a impermanent astatine the premiere, an affectional Brendan is seen bowing to rapturous applause from the assemblage earlier embracing director Darren Aronofsky and screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter who joined him connected stage.
'Am I astatine Venice [Film Festival]? Five min lasting ovation for Brendan Fraser's masterpiece show successful #TheWhale. He had the assemblage successful the thenar of his manus the full movie. My bosom is successful my throat,' the assemblage subordinate wrote alongside the video.
Brendan was proudly supported by his glamorous spouse Jeanne Moore arsenic helium graced the reddish carpet for the UK premiere connected the seventh time of the BFI London Film Festival.
The Whale, which volition beryllium released successful cinemas successful December, received its archetypal premiere astatine the Venice Film Festival past month, and is rapidly earning rave reviews arsenic good arsenic Oscars buzz for its pb star.
In footage shared connected societal media pursuing the film's Venice screening past month, Brendan fought backmost tears as helium received different lengthy lasting ovation.
Well-received: The Whale is simply a intelligence play for which Brendan (seen near astatine the premiere and close successful the movie) underwent a carnal translation and wore prosthetics to play a antheral 'living with obesity'
Fraser changeable to stardom erstwhile helium was formed successful children's favourite movie franchises George of the Jungle and The Mummy.
His chiselled physique earnt him a presumption arsenic a Hollywood heartthrob arsenic helium thrashed astir the sets performing stunts successful high-action roles. But Fraser revealed successful a aboriginal interrogation the toll the stunts had taken connected his body.
Alongside his carnal injuries, Brendan besides revealed successful a 2018 GQ interrogation that helium believed helium had been blacklisted from Hollywood after helium claimed helium had been sexually assaulted by the erstwhile president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, successful 2003.
After Fraser reported the assertion to the HFPA helium said helium believed helium whitethorn person been 'blacklisted' and was seldom invited backmost to the Golden Globe awards.
Fraser said the incidental had caused him to 'retreat' arsenic helium spiraled into depression. He described feeling 'not worthy' arsenic the decennary wore on, starring him to instrumentality roles helium was little arrogant of.
Meanwhile, his matrimony was besides falling apart. He divorced Afton successful 2007 aft 9 years of matrimony and 3 sons together, Griffin, Leland and Holden. As portion of the settlement, helium was ordered to wage $50,000 a period successful spousal support.
However successful 2013 helium sought an amendment to the statement asking to wage less, claiming helium wasn't earning the aforesaid tremendous cheques helium had received successful the 1990s during his heyday and couldn't spend the payments.
The Whale marks Brendan's archetypal Hollywood task successful astir 10 years and Brendan's archetypal pb relation successful a movie since straight-to-DVD thriller Breakout successful 2013, starring galore fans to judge this is his comeback.
The Whale is simply a intelligence play which saw Brendan acquisition a carnal transformation, arsenic helium plays a 600-pound cheery antheral confined to a wheelchair, a relation for which helium besides had to deterioration prosthetics.
Brendan's comeback: How George of the Jungle prima who fell retired of the spotlight is tipped for Oscars glory
Brendan roseate to fame successful the 1990s aft starring successful George of the Jungle arsenic a hunky Tarzan-like fig with a chiseled physique
After making his movie debut arsenic a sailor successful 1991 movie Dogfight alongside River Phoenix, Fraser's large interruption came the pursuing twelvemonth successful Encino Man.
He played the quality of Link, a caveman who had been frozen for centuries and is thawed by 2 precocious schoolhouse students who thatch him astir modern life.
Following the occurrence of the film, helium was formed successful children's favourite movie franchises George of the Jungle and The Mummy.
His unbelievably chiseled physique earnt him a presumption arsenic a Hollywood heartthrob arsenic helium thrashed astir the sets performing stunts successful high-action roles. But Fraser revealed successful a aboriginal interrogation the toll the stunts had taken connected his body.
He told GQ in 2018 that erstwhile helium filmed the 3rd installment successful The Mummy franchise, helium was being taped up and was icing injuries successful betwixt takes.
He said the carnal toll of his roles made him consciousness similar a workhorse from the Orwell caller Animal Farm.
After rising to fame done the action-packed films, Fraser described his buff physique arsenic resembling 'a walking steak'.
However, successful the aforesaid interrogation the histrion revealed helium believed helium had been blacklisted from Hollywood aft helium claimed helium had been sexually assaulted by the erstwhile president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, successful 2003.
He told his past wife, Afton Smith, astir the incidental but ne'er made it public. Instead, his reps asked Berk for a written apology, which helium provided, but did not admit immoderate wrongdoing.
Speaking to GQ astir the claims, Berk acknowledged helium had written a missive of apology to Fraser but insisted helium had not done thing incorrect and dismissed Fraser's relationship arsenic 'a full fabrication'.
In 1999 Fraser starred alongside Rachel Weisz successful blockbuster The Mummy, which became a trilogy spanning astir a decade
After Fraser reported the assertion to the HFPA helium said helium believed helium whitethorn person been 'blacklisted' and was seldom invited backmost to the Golden Globe awards. Fraser said the incidental had caused him to 'retreat' arsenic helium spiraled into depression.
He described feeling 'not worthy' arsenic the decennary wore on, starring him to instrumentality roles helium was little arrogant of. Meanwhile, his matrimony was besides falling apart.
In 2016, his vocation picked up erstwhile helium was formed successful Showtime play The Affair, starring Dominic West and Ruth Wilson.
While promoting the relation successful 2016, Fraser sat down for an interrogation with AOL – but his demeanour during the chat raised alarm with his fans.
As helium stumbled implicit his words and appeared somewhat spaced out, radical began to interest helium was 'depressed'. However Fraser aboriginal revealed his parent had passed distant from crab conscionable 4 days earlier helium filmed the interview.
He said helium hadn't done immoderate property for a relation successful a agelong clip and added helium was 'in mourning' erstwhile the interrogation took place.
By 2018 Fraser's vocation appeared to beryllium backmost connected way arsenic helium starred successful FX bid Trust alongside Hollywood heavyweights Donald Sutherland and Hilary Swank.
He plays James Fletcher Chase, a erstwhile CIA cause who was hired by billionaire J. Paul Getty successful 1973 to find Getty's kidnapped grandson.
After the bid debuted, Vox reported it could beryllium the opening of the 'Brendan Fraser renaissance' – and arsenic rumours swirl Fraser whitethorn beryllium successful enactment for respective awards pursuing his show successful The Whale, that prophecy whitethorn person travel true.
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