Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser.Photo: Roy Rochlin/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty, Jun Sato/WireImage
Rachel WeiszcongratulatedBrendan Fraseron his big win.
Weisz, who costarred with Fraser in1999’sThe Mummyand its 2001 sequelThe Mummy Returns,toldExtrathat she texted the actor after hewon the Best Actor Oscarfor his performance inThe Whalelast month.
“I’m so happy for Brendan. Very happy,” said Weisz, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 forThe Constant Gardener. “I texted after his win. I texted him after I saw the performance. It was a staggeringly good film.”
Weisz was formerly in a relationship for nine years withThe Whaledirector Darren Aronofsky. They broke up in 2010 and share son Henry, 16, together.
TheDead Ringersactress, 53,recently toldNet-a-Porter’sdigital titlePorterthat she is “thrilled” for Fraser, 54, and his career comeback.
“I’m really, really thrilled for him … that he’s had this new chapter. And it couldn’t have happened to a nicer, nicer guy,” said Weisz.
Weisz also told the outlet she didn’t expect forThe Mummyto continue to be popular among fans over 20 years later.
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“It’s beloved to me too. I feel very much the same. When we were making it, we had no idea — we didn’t know if it was going to even sell tickets,” she said. “Everybody inThe Mummywas just brilliant, and it was just some alchemical thing in it, that it had charm, and charm is such a strange thing. It’s either there or it isn’t.”
The actress played Evelyn in the franchise, though she didn’t return for the third film,2008’sThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; the role was recast withMaria Bello. FrasertoldVarietyin October that he was open to reprising his role if there was an opportunity to do so.
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“I don’t know how it would work. But I’d be open to it, if someone came up with the right conceit,” he said.
Fraser also shared why he felt the 2017Mummyreboot withTom Cruisedidn’t turn out to be a success.
“It is hard to make that movie. The ingredient that we had going for ourMummy, which I didn’t see in the new one, was fun,” Fraser explained. “That was what was lacking in that incarnation. It was too much of a straight-ahead horror movie.The Mummyshould be a thrill ride, but not terrifying and scary.”
source: people.com
