Brendan Fraser Winces In Real Pain

Posted Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 11:37 AM Central

by Heather Koehler

If you've seen The Mummy Returns, you've seen star Brendan Fraser play a true action hero.

He performed many of his own stunts in both the first Mummy and its' sequel, but his second time around had a price. During filming, Brendan broke a rib, injured a disc in his back and tore his knee. Production cast and crew almost fell for the idea that the movie production had truly fallen under a curse.

The Bedazzled actor might have made a deal with the devil to survive and go on so stauchly. Director Stephen Sommers guarantees, "When you see a pained look on Brendan's face, he ain't faking it."