History Trivia / TheMummyTrilogy

* FakeBrit: John Hannah is Scottish, but plays a Brit (his sister )

* PlayingAgainstType: Rachel Weisz tends to play very sly and knowing women - she's even been known to play TheVamp - but here she plays a totally [[Adorkable]] [[HotLibrarian]] who obviously hasn't had a lot of experience with men.

** Jonathan Hyde (Dr. Allen Chamberlain) is British. Though it is possible he is a Brit the Americans have hired.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many seem to believe that the idea of a mummy actually coming to life and magically attacking people is just a modern western reaction to the exotic burial traditions of the long-gone ancient Egyptian culture. In fact, Egyptian mythology itself contains numerous tales of such occurrences being witnessed by their own people. Perhaps the most famous story is that of a prince who sought a magical artifact (the Book of Thoth) known to be entombed with a long-dead prince. Upon breaking into the tomb the live prince is confronted by the ghost of the tomb owner's widow, who begs him not to take the book as it bought their own family nothing but misfortune. When the live prince doesn't heed the warning, the mummy of the dead prince rises out of his sarcophagus and casts a spell that causes the tomb's solid stone floor to swallow the live prince up like quicksand.

* FakeNationality: The Scorpion King is Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, an American, playing an Egyptian warrior.

** [[Series/{{Lost}} Mr. Eko]] is working for Imhotep in the second film.

** Jonathan Hyde (Dr. Allen Chamberlain) is british.

* FakeAmerican: Rick is an American who is played by Canadian actor Brenden Fraser.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey, isn't Beni really [[Film/PeggySueGotMarried Michael Fitzimmons, the beat poet?]] No wonder they couldn't find him for the reunion!

** Ardeth Bay was supposed to die in the first film, but Sommers thought it would be a [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter waste of a good character]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally the opening of the first film was going to be narrated by Imhotep himself - but then Stephen Summers remembered that Imhotep wouldn't have any reason to speak English, and the audience probably wouldn't want to sit through a voice-over that needed subtitles; thus the introduction was given to Ardeth Bay instead.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally the opening of the first film was going to be narrated by Imhotep himself - but then Stephen Summers remembered that Imhotep wouldn't haven spoken English, and the audience probably wouldn't want to sit through a voice-over that needed subtitles; thus the introduction was given to Ardeth Bay instead.

** Erick Avari, who plays Dr. Bey in the first film, was also the 7-11 clerk in ''Film/EncinoMan'' who chastises Link (Brendan Fraser) for drinking out of the Icee machine ("No wheezing the ju-uice!")

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey, isn't Beni really [[PeggySueGotMarried Michael Fitzimmons, the beat poet?]] No wonder they couldn't find him for the reunion!

** Erick Avari, who plays Dr. Bey in the first film, was also the 7-11 clerk in ''EncinoMan'' who chastises Link (Brendan Fraser) for drinking out of the Icee machine ("No wheezing the ju-uice!")

* FakeAmerican: Rick is an American who is played by Canadian actor Brenden Fraiser.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in their first really big roles.
** Hey, isn't Beni really [[PeggySueGotMarried Michael Fitzimmons, the beat poet?]] No wonder they couldn't find him for the reunion!

* Erick Avari, who plays Dr. Bey in the first film, was also the 7-11 clerk in ''EncinoMan'' who chastises Link (Brendan Fraser) for drinking out of the Icee machine ("No wheezing the ju-uice!")

* Erick Avari, who plays Dr. Bey in the first film, was also the 7-11 clerk who chastises Link (Brendan Fraser) for drinking out of the Icee machine ("No wheezing the ju-uice!")

** Looks like [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Crittendon]] had some seriously messed-up time-travel shenanigans after surviving WW2.

** [[Series/{{Lost}} Mr. Eko]] is working for Imhotep in the second film.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's Brendan Fraiser and Rachel Weisz in their first really big roles.

*** And [[Film/ResidentEvil Carlos Olivera]] is charged with keeping him imprisoned.

** [[{{Lost}} Mr. Eko]] is working for Imhotep in the second film.

HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's Brendan Fraiser and Rachel Weisz in their first really big roles.

HeyItsThatGuy: Yep, it's BrendanFraiser and Rachel Weisz in their first really big roles.