Random Small Details From 'The Mummy' Movies That Prove It's Time For A Rewatch (20 items)

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  (#1) The Medjai Were Supposed To Have More Tattoos, But Ardeth Bay Changed That

  From IMDB:

  The Medjai were originally supposed to be tattooed from head to toe, but the director Stephen Sommers vetoed it because he thought Oded Fehr was "too good-looking" to be covered up.
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  (#2) Ardeth Bay Shares His Name With Another Famous Mummy

  From Redditor u/atonofapples:

  In The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, the leader of the Medjai, Ardeth Bay, shares the same name that Boris Karloff’s mummy takes after his re-awakening.
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  (#3) Evie's Nightgown Had To Be Edited In Post-Production

  From IMDB:

  The white nightgown Evie wore when the ship was attacked became transparent when it got wet and had to be digitally painted white during post production so the film could keep its PG-13 rating.
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  (#4) Brendan Fraser Almost Died During The Hanging Scene

  From Redditor u/Greendead: 

  In The Mummy, actor Brendan Fraser actually almost died on the set in the hanging scene because the knot around his neck was too tight.  Rachel Weisz remembered, "[Fraser] stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated."
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  (#5) The Mummy Mistakes Evie As His Lover Because The Eyes He Absorbed Were Bad

  From Redditor u/MichiganCubbie:

  In The Mummy, Imhotep mistakes Evie as his lover, Anck-Su-Namun, because he needs glasses. He took Mr. Burns's eyes, and Mr. Burns is basically blind without glasses. You can see Imhotep squinting at Evie and asking her questioningly if she's Anck-Su-Namun.
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  (#6) Alex Is Accident Prone In A Very Similar Way As Evie

  From Redditor u/TurboTitan92:

  In The Mummy Returns, Rick O’Connell tells Evelyn their son Alex is becoming more and more like her. In the same scene, Alex topples pillars in a domino fashion, mimicking what Evelyn did with bookshelves in The Mummy.
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  (#7) Rick Makes The Bet With The Americans Because He Knows He'll Win

  From Redditor u/ChristianK858:

  In The Mummy, Rick O'Connell bets that he'll beat the Americans in the competing camp to Hamunaptra. He makes this bet because he has camels and they have horses. Camels have a top speed of 40 miles per hour while horses top out at around 30 miles per hour. He ends up winning the bet.
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  (#8) Beni's Camel Doesn't Listen To Him

  From IMDB:

  In one scene, Beni is shown with a sackful of gold which he is trying to load onto a camel, and Beni pulls the camel by the reins but the camel doesn't budge; the camels all, for some reason, hated Kevin J. O'Connor.
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  (#9) One Of Imhotep's Followers Dodges Death Multiple Times

  From Redditor u/Tapatio07:

  In The Mummy Returns, this Imhotep follower dodges death three times before listening to Jonathan in the oasis.
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  (#10) Anck-Su-Namun's Shirt Resembles Her Body Paint

  From Redditor u/Hzq5006:

  In The Mummy Returns, reincarnated Anck-Su-Namun is wearing a shirt with sleeve details that look like the body paint she was wearing in The Mummy before it was rubbed it off.
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  (#11) The Book Of The Dead Never Would've Been Made Out Of Gold

  From IMDB:

  The Book of the Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra are both made to look like a bunch of black stone and gold (respectively) tablets bound together in a form resembling a codex (a modern-day book). The Ancient Egyptians would have written their books on papyrus scrolls. Even if they could make the books the way they're depicted, the Book of Amun-Ra would never have been made out of pure gold - it would have been obscenely heavy.
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  (#12) Rick's Sword Is Impractical For An Actual Fight

  From IMDB:

  The bronze sword that Rick wields during the climax of the movie, as well as the bronze khopesh used by the soldier mummies, are considerably bigger and longer than their historical counterparts. Not only would a bronze sword like that be absurdly heavy, a sword that long would easily bend during battle.
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  (#13) The Original Book Of The Dead Makes An Appearance

  From Redditor u/havelock-vetinari:

  In The Mummy (2017), one of the characters gets hit in the head with the Book of the Dead from the The Mummy (1999).
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  (#14) Jonathan's Nightclub Pays Homage To The First Movie

  From Redditor u/Pinkestunicorns:

  In The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Jonathan's Egyptian-themed nightclub is called Imhotep's, the name of the mummy from the first two films.
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  (#15) Jonathan's Bandage Is Made From Ardeth's Robe

  From Redditor u/DalyWaters:

  In The Mummy, after Johnathan has a scarab beetle cut from his arm, he is seen in the next scene with a bandage made from Ardeth's robe.
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  (#16) Rick O'Connell Could Not Have Been A Lieutenant For The French Foreign Legion

  From IMDB:

  Although the American Rick O'Connell could certainly serve in the French Foreign Legion, he could not be a Lieutenant as depicted in the movie. Officers in the Legion are required to be French nationals. As an American, O'Connell would not be eligible for a commission.
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  (#17) There Are More Canopic Jars Than There Should Be

  From Redditor u/The_New_Doctor:

  In The Mummy, they find five Canopic Jars, when traditionally, there are only four.
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  (#18) Anubis Can Briefly Be Seen In 'The Mummy Returns'

  From Redditor u/LateChrononaut:

  In The Mummy Returns, you can briefly see Anubis run by when he calls the Scorpion King to serve "for all eternity."
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  (#19) Evie Kicks Away A Non-Venomous Snake

  From Redditor u/Ttran778:

  In The Mummy Returns, the snake that Evie kicks away is actually a breed of milk snake, which is not venomous.
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  (#20) 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' Acknowledges The Actress Change For Evelyn

  From Redditor u/MurderTheBear:

  The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor acknowledges the actress change for Evelyn when she is describing herself and the character in her book as "a completely different person."

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