'That's What They Have Stuntmen For!' — 56-Year-Old Brendan Fraser Shakes Off Age Concerns Ahead of The Mummy 4

Brendan Fraser doesn’t dependable excessively bothered astir the imaginable of reprising his relation arsenic Rick O'Connell for The Mummy 4 astir 20 years later, and has said stunt men volition assistance him out.

The 56-year-old Oscar-winning histrion past played Rick O'Connell successful 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, erstwhile helium was 40. But he’s acceptable to instrumentality to the franchise alongside co-star Rachel Weisz for a caller The Mummy movie successful the coming years.

Speaking to Happy Sad Confused big Josh Horowitz during a unrecorded interrogation filmed astatine 92nd Street Y, Fraser joked that stunt men are close determination to marque everything on-screen look amazing.

“Absolutely. That’s what they person stunt men for,” Fraser replied erstwhile asked if his property was a information erstwhile it came to existent stunts successful The Mummy 4. “One of my favourite things to accidental is, ‘Dude, you’re gonna beryllium awesome successful this shot!'”

If the 61-year-old Keanu Reeves tin play John Wick successful yet different sequel, and 83-year-old Harrison Ford tin play Red Hulk successful the MCU, Fraser tin surely springiness The Mummy a tally for his money, right?

Brendan Fraser astatine 92NY connected November 18, 2025 successful New York City. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images.

While The Mummy 4 isn’t officially, officially confirmed, based connected reports successful the trades and comments from Fraser himself, this 1 feels nailed on. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett — the filmmaking duo billed arsenic Radio Silence — are said to beryllium directing the long-awaited sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Weisz volition besides instrumentality arsenic Evelyn Carnahan. Apparently The Mummy 4 volition beryllium a sequel to the trilogy, but volition disregard the events of the 3rd movie, which Weisz did not prima in.

Radio Silence’s breakout movie was 2019’s Ready oregon Not. They past rebooted the Scream franchise with 2022’s Scream and 2023’s Scream 6, and besides directed the vampire flick Abigail.

Speaking to Associated Press this week, Fraser was asked if helium had considered The Mummy movies successful his past earlier the 4th movie was announced.

“The 1 I wanted to marque was ne'er made,” helium replied. “The 3rd 1 was a exemplary of… however tin I accidental this to the AP reporter? NBC had the rights to broadcast the Olympics that year. So they enactment 2 unneurotic and we went to China. Working successful Shanghai, an unthinkable experience. I’m arrogant of the 3rd 1 due to the fact that I deliberation it’s a bully standalone movie. We picked up and did what we bash with a antithetic unit connected platform and gave it our champion shot. But the 1 I wanted to marque is forthcoming. And I’ve been waiting 20 years for this call. Sometimes it was loud, sometimes it was a faint telegraph. Now? It’s clip to springiness the fans what they want.”

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