History Trivia / TheMummyTrilogy

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, Creator/JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Creator/OdedFehr is Israeli, Creator/ArnoldVosloo is a South African of Dutch descent (Afrikaner), Patricia Velasquez is indigenous Venezuelan (Wayuu, to be specific), and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), Creator/MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but John Hannah is not of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RachelWeisz tends to play very sly and knowing women - she's even been known to play TheVamp - but here she plays a very nerdy librarian who obviously hasn't had a lot of experience with men.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, Creator/JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Creator/OdedFehr is Israeli, Creator/ArnoldVosloo is a South African of Dutch descent (Afrikaner), Patricia Velasquez is indigenous Venezuelan (Wayuu, to be specific), and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), Creator/MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, Creator/JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Creator/OdedFehr is Israeli, Creator/ArnoldVosloo is a South African of Dutch descent (Afrikaner), Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), Creator/MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, Creator/JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Creator/OdedFehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is a South African of Dutch descent (Afrikaner), Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), Creator/MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, Creator/JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Creator/OdedFehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is South African, Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), Creator/MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, Creator/JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Creator/OdedFehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is South African, Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* ActorAllusion: After a mostly-regenerated Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) kisses a sleeping Evy, [[Film/DarkmanIITheReturnOfDurant the lower half of his face rots away.]]
** ''The Mummy Returns'' features [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson the Rock]] and also has a very curious scene of two scantily clad women fighting for the audience's entertainment. [[Characters/WWEDivas Considering who The Rock's co-workers were at the time]]...
* BadExportForYou: The British home video version lets you turn off or rip the movie without the translation subtititles popping up (i.e. When Ardeth Bey is speaking with his Medjai cohorts about letting Rick go, thinking he'll die in the desert; Any scene where Imhotep speaks), but the U.S. version has the subs burned on.
* FakeAmerican:
** Sort of with Rick O'Conell. Rick is an American who is played by American-Canadian actor Creator/BrendanFraser.
** Creator/JonathanHyde (Dr. Allen Chamberlain) is British. Though it is possible he is a Brit the Americans have hired.
* FakeBrit: Well, sorta... John Hannah is Scottish, but plays an English man.
** Played straight by Maria Bello in the 3rd film.

** The Scorpion King is Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, an American, playing an Egyptian warrior.
* FranchiseKiller: The third movie, ''Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', due to its negative reception, put an end to any more Mummy films in this series despite comments from Maria Bello on the contrary. It's got a modern {{reboot}} [[Film/TheMummy2017 in 2017]].
* 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.
* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: According to the audio commentary on the second movie, [[Creator/AdewaleAkinnuoyeAgbaje Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]] (Lock-Nah) and Freddie Boath (Young Alex) got along with each other on set.
* TheOtherDarrin: In the first two films Evy is played by Rachel Weisz. In the third film, she's played by Maria Bello because Weisz didn't want to play a character old enough to have an adult son.
* PlayingAgainstType: Rachel Weisz tends to play very sly and knowing women - she's even been known to play TheVamp - but here she plays a very nerdy librarian who obviously hasn't had a lot of experience with men.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Acording to the audio commentary with Arnold Vosloo, as well as an earlier version of the script, originally the opening of the first film was going to be narrated by Imhotep himself - but then Stephen Sommers reasoned that Imhotep wouldn't have any reason to speak English (especially since he needs Beni as a translator later on in the film) 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.
** Ardeth Bay was supposed to die in the first film, but Sommers thought it would be a [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter waste of a good character]].
* WordOfGod: The Scorpion King in ''The Mummy Returns'' was a [[IdenticalGrandson look-alike]] descendant of the one from the ''Scorpion King'' film.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Oded Fehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is South African, Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian-American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern descent.

* FranchiseKiller: The third movie, ''Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', due to its negative reception, put an end to any more Mummy films in this series despite comments from Maria Bello on the contrary. It's getting a modern reboot in 2017.

* FranchiseKiller: The third movie, ''Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', due to it's negative reception, put an end to any more Mummy films in this series. It's getting a modern reboot in 2017.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Hey, isn't Beni (Kevin J. O'Conner) really [[Film/PeggySueGotMarried Michael Fitzimmons, the beat poet?]] No wonder they couldn't find him for the reunion!
** So [[Film/GIJoe Zartan's]] (Arnold Vozloo) disguised as a Mummy, huh?
*** And [[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse Carlos Olivera]] is charged with keeping him imprisoned.
** [[Series/{{Lost}} Mr. Eko]] and [[Theatre/LesMiserables Monsieur Thenardier]] are working for Imhotep in the second film.
** Looks like [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Crittendon]] had some seriously messed-up time-travel shenanigans after surviving WW2.
** Creator/ErickAvari, who plays Dr. Bey in the first film, was also the 7-11 clerk in ''Film/EncinoMan'' who chastises Link (Creator/BrendanFraser) for drinking out of the Icee machine ("No wheezing the ju-uice!")
* HeyItsThatVoice: The CG Scorpion King is voiced by Max Cavalera, former lead singer of Music/{{Sepultura}}.

** Acording to the audio commentary with Arnold Vosloo, originally the opening of the first film was going to be narrated by Imhotep himself - but then Stephen Sommers reasoned that Imhotep wouldn't have any reason to speak English (especially since he needs Beni as a translator later on in the film) 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.

** Originally the opening of the first film was going to be narrated by Imhotep himself - but then Stephen Sommers reasoned that Imhotep wouldn't have any reason to speak English (especially since he needs Beni as a translator later on in the film) 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.

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

** Hey, isn't Beni really [[Film/PeggySueGotMarried Michael Fitzimmons, the beat poet?]] No wonder they couldn't find him for the reunion!
** So [[Film/GIJoe Zartan's]] disguised as a Mummy, huh?

** Creator/ErickAvari, 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!")

* FranchiseKiller: The third movie, ''Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', due to it's negative reception, put an end to any more Mummy films in this series. It's getting a modern reboot in 2016.

** Originally the opening of the first film was going to be narrated by Imhotep himself - but then Stephen Sommers 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.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Oded Fehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is South African, Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, African or even middle-eastern, descent.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. Creator/RachelWeisz really is English, JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Oded Fehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is South African, Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, or even middle-eastern, descent.

** 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!")

* HeyItsThatVoice: The CG Scorpion King is voiced by Max Cavalera, former lead singer of {{Sepultura}}.

* FakeNationality: Almost nothing ''but'' Fake Nationalities. RachelWeisz really is English, JetLi actually was born in China, and all the 'American cowboys' are played by Americans, but nobody who played an Egyptian character was actually Egyptian, or even Arab or African. Oded Fehr is Israeli, Arnold Vosloo is South African, Patricia Velasquez is Venezuelan, and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson is an American--of Samoan and African heritage, mind you. O'Connell's actor is Canadian American, Jonathan's is Scottish, Beni (who is supposed to be Hungarian) is played by an Irish-American guy from Chicago. From the third movie we have [[TheOtherDarrin Maria Bello]] (American), MichelleYeoh (Malaysian) and Russel Wong (American). Moreover, Evy and Jonathan's mother was supposedly Egyptian, but neither actor is of Egyptian, or even middle-eastern, descent.

* ActorAllusion: After a mostly-regenerated Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) kisses a sleeping Evy, [[DarkmanIITheReturnOfDurant the lower half of his face rots away.]]

* TheOtherDarrin: In the first two films she's played by Rachel Weisz. In the third film she's played by Maria Bello because Weisz didn't want to play a character old enough to have an adult son.
* PlayingAgainstType: Rachel Weisz tends to play very sly and knowing women - she's even been known to play TheVamp - but here she plays a very nerdy librarian who obviously hasn't had a lot of experience with men.