Maria Bello will be the actress who replaces Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan in The Mummy 3. If you don’t know who Bello is… shame on you! She is the mighty fine actress who appeared in A History of Violence, Assault on Precinct 13 and World Trade Center among other things.
Well I like her as an actress, but has she got it in her to play a light-hearted comedic role in a big budget adventure movie? It’s not something she has done before in her career, so the question has to be there.
Lots of changes are in store for this Mummy film. Is it the best thing that could happen for this sequel after The Mummy Returns was such a hugely disappointing film? Or are the changes in the cast, setting, director and story going to be to much?
Can’t help but feel Bello has signed a no-win contract on this one. First off, she’s gonna have a hard time replacing Rachel Weisz who was so perfect the role in the franchise and second, everyone is expecting this baby to flop (It’s been a while since I’ve seen a movie make as many bad decisions in pre-production as this one) so doing this high profile movie might not help her on that front either.
Thoughts on the casting? Is Rachel Weisz important to The Mummy franchise, or is she easily expendable?
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Maria Bello is a good actress but this is a bad decision on her part. First, she does not look anything like Rachel Weisz and second she’s not as good an actress. third, the script sounds horrible and many sites who have reviewed it said so.
Ditto what Bill said. Maria Bello is a pretty face, but not much of an actress. Rachel is much better. True Weisz didn’t want to be typecast as “Evelyn from the Mummy movies” but she has a keen sense for choosing good scripts. Brendan Frasier on the other hand… Monkeybone, anyone? How about Bedazzled?
If Rachel turned it down, that probably means she saw serioud problems with the script. And as I’ve said in earlier posts, Rob Cohen is three flags to me. I’ll pass on the next Mummy flick. sigh, with a good director and a half-decent screenwriter this could have been good.
There’s no doubt who is the more talented between Weisz and Fraser. But I would argue the point that Fraser is far more important to the franchise than Weisz.
weisz is wayyyyyy beter. you guys screwed it up big!
wow what were you thinking?
rachael come back, dont et them ruin the film!