Rick O'Connell, Brendan Fraser's intrepid adventurer in The Mummy, faced many💜 close shaves during his on-screen escapades – but, it turns out, Fraser also experienced one on set.

During an appearance on , he was asked whether it was true that ✱he almost died while filming The Mummy. "Nearly… I was choked out accidentally," he answered, before going on to recall the scene where his character is almost hanged. 

"I was standing on my toes like this, with the rope [around my neck], and you only got so far to go. And [director] Stephen [Sommers] ran over, and he said, 'Hey, it𝐆 doesn’t really look like you’re, you know, choking – can you sell it?' And I was like, ♔'Alright, fine.' So I thought, 'One more take, man.'"

"I was stuck on my toes – I had nowhere to go but down," he conti🧔nued "And so he🍷 was pulling up, and I was going down, and the next thing I knew, my elbow was in my ear, the world was sideways, there was gravel in my teeth, and everyone was really quiet."

When the stunt coordinator woke him, he re🔯portedly told him, "Congratulations, you’re in the club – the same thing happened to Mel Gibson on Brav🔯eheart." Fraser's response? "Thanks, I think?! I wanna go home!"

The Mummy, released back in 1999, was Fraser's breakout movie. A sequel, The Mummy Returns, followed in 2001, and a third installment, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mummy: Tomb of theꦡ Dragon Emperor, followed in 2008.

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