In 2014, Velásquez starred and co-produced the acclaimed drama Liz in September. She appeared on the 2012 season of The Apprentice on behalf of the foundation. She has also stayed busy with charity work, founding the Wayúu Tayá Foundatio, which raises money for the indigenous people of Venezuela, as well as dedicating aid to various other groups in need.
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While Velásquez hasn't had any other roles as big as her Mummy parts, the actress still worked steadily throughout the 2000s with various TV and movie roles-most notably in appearances on Ugly Betty, Arrested Development, and The L Word. Even after her character meets her end in the first Mummy, Velásquez still returned for the sequel, with her character being resurrected/reincarnated.
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It only took a few short years before her breakthrough role in The Mummy as Anck-Su-Namun, concubine to Imhotep. Patricia Velásquez- often considered the first Latina supermodel- decided to take acting classes in addition to her prolific modeling career. 10 Patricia Velásquez - Anck-Su-Namun/Meela
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The actor will next be seen in the ABC series Ten Days in the Valley, airing later this year. Among his more notable film roles, he appeared as Kurse in Thor: The Dark World, played real-life NFL player Dave Duerson in the drama Concussion, and was Killer Croc in last year's Suicide Squad. On the television side, he has most recently played the title character for the FXX animated series Major Lazer as well as had a two-episode stint on Game of Thrones. Eko on Lost.Īkinnuoye-Agbaje has continued to take on roles in both movies and TV series in recent years. That distinction belongs to the actor's portrayal of convict Simon Adebisi on the HBO prison drama Oz. Akinnuoye-Agbaje then followed up his Mummy Returns appearance with another blockbuster, The Bourne Identity, before returning to another major television role as Mr. 13 Arnold Vosloo - ImhotepĪkinnuoye-Agbaje's turn as Lock-Nah, a bodyguard for Imhotep's army in The Mummy Returns, was one of the actor's first blockbuster movies- but it certainly wasn't his breakout role. Johnson will enter the comic book movie world in 2019 when he stars as villain Black Adam in the Shazam! film. The actor continues to star in one major Hollywood movie after another, following up The Fate of the Furious with the Baywatch movie reboot and the upcoming Jumanjisequel- and that's just this year. But it was with his entrance into the Fast and Furious franchise beginning with Fast Five that Johnson was catapulted into the upper stratosphere of Hollywood's biggest names and top earners. Johnson spent the next decade building his resumé with a variety of roles ranging from action to comedy to animation. After a few TV cameos, Johnson's first role in a major Hollywood movie was in The Mummy Returns. Although his major breakthrough wouldn't come until his starring role in the 2002 spin-off film The Scorpion King, Johnson's path to being one of Hollywood's most bankable action stars definitely began in the second Mummy movie. While Dwayne Johnson will likely end up being more known as an actor than a wrestler when all is said and done, he was still very much The Rock when he first began wading into acting. 14 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - The Scorpion King Where Are They Now? The Cast of The Mummy (And Returns). One actor in particular would eventually become a "rock" for a $5 billion car action franchise.
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For some, it was their only major blockbuster before returning to smaller roles- deliberately, in most cases- while for others, it was just the beginning of what would be another decade or two at the top of Hollywood's A-list. The movies also served as breakouts for a number of actors. A few years before films like National Treasure and the return of Indiana Jones, the Mummy movies represented a welcomed return to a certain kind of classic Hollywood action/adventure movie that was largely lacking from theaters at the time. That last series also spawned four Scorpion King spin-off films.ġ999's The Mummy and 2001's The Mummy Returns were box office hits, grossing almost $900 million combined worldwide.
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The first was the Universal run that spanned from 1932 to 1955, followed by the four Hammer Film versions in the 60s and 70s, and most recently, the Stephen Sommers' 1999-2008 Mummy trilogy. It will be the fourth major cinematic adaptation of the franchise. Tom Cruise has re-teamed with two of the writers on the Mission: Impossible films-Davis Koepp and Alex Kurtzman-to launch the latest movie adaptation of The Mummy.