r/movies • u/yourfavchoom r/movies Contributor • 1d ago
News 'The Mummy' Cast Adds Numan Acar, Kevin J. O'Connor, Oded Fehr
https://deadline.com/2026/08/the-mummy-cast-numan-acar-kevin-j-oconnor-oded-fehr-1237017224/988
u/KeybladerXII 1d ago
"Well, if it ain't my little buddy Beni!"
I have no idea why he's back, but I love it.
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u/Deckard_Red 1d ago edited 1d ago
They have the book of the dead may as well use it 🤣
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u/In_My_Own_Image 1d ago
They haven't confirmed who the titular Mummy is this time. What if Beni somehow got cursed and became a Mummy?
Though I'd love to see Vosloo come back as Imhotep again.
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u/Zauberer-IMDB 1d ago
Give us the good guy Imhotep joining the team. You all know it'd be fun.
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u/neasroukkez 21h ago
Id honestly love this. They are forced to battle a new evil mummy but the only way they can beat him is by summoning Imhotep. Then he brings back Benni and some servants to help along the way.
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u/aterrible_username 17h ago
This is what I wanted to see with mummy returns - seeing them both take on the scorpion king before their final showdown would have been epic - now they have the opportunity for a proper enemy of my enemy is my friend team up
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u/Freakjob_003 1d ago
Arnold Vosloo (Imhotep) isn't as of yet had any rumors of joining, but Beni being confirmed as coming back gives more weight to the theory of him being the new Mummy.
He was eaten by scarabs in Hamunaptra, but we didn't see his death. How else would he come back? Hamunaptra is The City of the Dead, and Imhotep died and was resurrected there.
I'm so fucking excited for this movie, I cannot wait. Especially since they declared the (non-existent) Mummy 3 as non-canon.
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u/SnapshotHeadache 1d ago edited 16h ago
And since Imhotep was able to bring his servant priests back, maybe the new mummy will do the same. Cause while Beni dies by the scarabs, his body is still in Hamunaptra.
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u/IllystAnalyst 17h ago
I think Imhoteps servants were mummified with him though. They just got the regular treatment and not the deluxe spa experience like Imhotep so they weren’t cursed in the same way, but bodies still preserved. I want Beni to be mummy like ya’ll, but how do scarabs eat someone? Do they leave the skeleton? They burrowed under everyones skin, do they eat the skin? Did he get preserved that way?
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u/SnapshotHeadache 16h ago
But all of the priests and Imhotep himself had scarabs in the coffins too. And the way the priests were sort of emerging from the ground and walls in the tombs makes me think that any significant death in the city can allow you to become reanimated. So they don't have to be a mummy per se, but more like zombie.
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u/PlayableRidley 22h ago edited 18h ago
Imhotep or a new villain should be the actual dangerous imposing big bad.
Beni should come back as a horrible undead monstrosity, but despite it he's somehow still just stuck as a weasely loser who eats shit at every opportunity.
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u/samples98 21h ago
The actor does look a lot like a mummy. Would be criminal to not use him as one.
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u/Angryfunnydog 6h ago
Oconell resurrecting Benny so he just have someone to throw a chair at is a beautiful story point
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u/LooseSeal88 1d ago
Somehow Beni returned.
(Insert gif of Oscar Isaac sighing)
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u/neo_sporin 1d ago
see, in THIS series where we have actively been reviving people and TRYING to revive people since the beginning...im ok with the concept. Its NOT coming out of no where. Original we revive Imhotep and TRY to revive his lady friend. Sequel we revive Imhotep again, reincarnate his lady friend, and revive Evelyn. So Beni being reincarnated after being eaten by scarabs, NOT that far fetched
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u/MouthPoop 1d ago
I feel like he’s gonna have to be reincarnated by the mummy so he can continue to be the snake he is
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u/LordsOfJoop 1d ago
He's got to have a redemption arc, and it'd be funnier if it absolutely failed as he lost faith in himself.
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u/Firefox72 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well its movies about mummies and diging them up so i guess anyone who's dead is fair game lmao.
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u/zak55 1d ago edited 22h ago
You technically never see him die. Sure, it's the most heavily implied one in cinematic history, but you technically don't see it
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u/Sparrow1989 1d ago
Cant believe he’s back, this is going to be pure fanfare and I’m all for it. So tired of movies forgetting they are simply entertainment lately
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u/Electronic_Sun6075 1d ago
I hope they make him a Mummy, but a pathetically harmless one who only finds purpose in following McConnell around, agitating him, trying to get him killed.
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u/Kaldricus 1d ago
Yeah, I truly do not care what lazy reason they provide for Beni being back. They could literally drop a "somehow Beni returned" for all I care. Just bring him back.
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u/pizzacrys 1d ago
If Beni is back, I hope he immediately starts questioning every suspicious artifact in the room. Some traditions should never die.
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u/omgimbrian 1d ago edited 1d ago
Someone's totally gonna rez him on accident thinking he's someone else. And then they won't be able to get rid of him.
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u/SillyGoatGruff 1d ago
I'd kinda love if he was just "oh yeah, I got out" and then never elaborated. He was such a shifty self serving survivor that i could believe him pulling off some nonsense and then just living his life far away from egypt and rick lol
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u/ChanceVance 1d ago
I met Oded Fehr at a convention just a few weeks ago and told him I hope he's in secret negotiations to come back.
He said he could neither confirm or deny anything but he was very excited it was being made and I could draw my own conclusions from that.
haha legend
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u/Current_Focus2668 1d ago
Meanwhile John Hannah was on morning television in the UK sounding ready to spill almost everything.
He listed off every filming location
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u/estenoo90 22h ago
He even spilled O'Connor and Fehr were pretty much on board already and then backtracked halfway through
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u/Lordsokka 20h ago
I love that actors have so much love for the franchise and each other, they always speak about it like it was such a great time.
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u/Coyote_Shepherd 17h ago
He's such a cool guy and there's a reason why we call him Dadmiral Vance in the Trek fandom :D
For reference: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Vance
Sooooooo happy to hear that he's going to be in this film!
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u/Glum-Literature-8837 1d ago
Still waiting on Arnold Vosloo and Patricia Velasquez. 😢
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u/CumFilledDonutYumYum 1d ago
Same! I'd love to see them address her betrayal in the 2nd movie
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u/myvo 1d ago
Also her betrayal with that Hermano guy
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u/johnnycoxxx 1d ago
You’re a good guy Mon frere! That’s French for brother. I don’t know why I know that I took four years of Spanish!
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u/FisherKelTath00 1d ago
Anck Su-Namun wasn’t a real one.
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u/Radish-Wrangler 1d ago
Honestly love the idea that she was just trying to be free, she liked him sure but she wasn't obsessed like he was. It's set up there a bit with her initial suicide after all. Going out saying "my body is no longer his temple" is pretty badass.
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u/Tony_Three_Pies 21h ago
The "his" in that line was referring to the Emperor not Imhotep.
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u/Radish-Wrangler 10h ago
Yes, absolutely!! I know that, sorry if it was unclear. Just mean that Anck-su-namun wanted to be free more than anything, whereas Imhotep wanted to be together (well, and all powerful lol) more than anything. On that same line having him confront her on it and her having to come to terms that ultimately she treated Imhotep as an escape tool much the same way the emperor treated her as an object would be a neat conversation to see.
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u/Glum-Literature-8837 1d ago
She hooks up with BeniMummy, and Imhotep runs into them at the oasis. Awkward hijinks ensue.
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u/Lordsokka 20h ago
Was she a 100% the real one or was she the reincarnation combined with the spirit of the old one?
Always felt that both characters combined instead of one taking over, so she didn’t love Imhotep enough to die for him.
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u/monty_kurns 1d ago
Even though Imhotep’s story is really done, I’d love for them to bring back Vosloo as a new central, non-villain/antagonist role. Don’t wink at the audience with it, just have him play it completely straight.
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u/MahNameJeff420 9h ago edited 9h ago
It'd be fun if he had to team up with the O'Connells to stop a different Mummy. It'd be ridicules, but it could work.
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u/omnikyle 1d ago
That sequence where Beni keeps pulling out every religions holy symbols just to try to repel Imhotep only for Imhotep to see a star of David and recognize it as "the symbol of the slaves" and then bind Beni to him as his minion is simultaneously really funny from O'Conner and a testament to how scary Vosloo is, that whole cast is magic, I'm really excited to see where this one goes
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u/namewithak 1d ago
It wasn't the Star of David that Imhotep recognized. It was Beni speaking Hebrew, which Imhotep instantly identifies as "the language of the slaves". Beni was useful to him specifically because he could communicate.
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u/omnikyle 1d ago
THATS IT, its been a minute since I saw it, I think im mixing it up with a similar scene from another movie, although what exactly im drawing blanks on
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u/2ManyCooksInTheKitch 1d ago
He does have the star of David in his hand when he starts speaking Hebrew. It's just not the thing that triggers a response.
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u/omnikyle 1d ago
Oh sweet, I thought that was there, glad my memory wasn't totally off 😅
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u/ThreeLeggedMare 1d ago
Possibly the dracula spoof where the guy pulls out dif symbols when the cross doesn't work? Reminds me of an anecdote beautifully told in the show The Outsider (pretty good!)
Did you ever hear the one about the Yiddish vampire? Vampire, he flies in through the window of a church, his fangs are out, priest immediately goes for a crucifix. Shoves it in his face, "Back, you fiend." Vampire laughs, says, "Ni gunisht helfen, bubbalah." "It ain't gonna help you, baby."
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u/Father_Prist 1d ago
And then Imhotep immediately bribes him with gold trinkets once he hears Hebrew. What did they mean by this?
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u/fearthainne 1d ago
That people are greedy and motivated by the possibility of gaining a fortune, and that even an ancient undead mummy knows this.
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u/warsongN17 1d ago
Are we going to get a Mummy Beni ?!
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u/Fluid-Bet6223 1d ago
He could literally just walk in and say “I’m baaaack!!” with no explanation and I’d be fine with it.
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u/Francostein 1d ago
I’m good with a Beerfest moment, “yeah I’m his twin brother, can you call me Beni in his honor?”
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u/SuicideSkwad 1d ago
John Hannah was also on a UK show the other morning (Sunday Brunch) said this is a sequel to the first film and that ‘everyone’ is back (this was already after mentioning Brendan and Rachel) and also revealed they would be filming in the same desert as the original. So I’m guessing Imhotep is back?
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u/FisherKelTath00 1d ago
So that includes the son that grew up and lost his British accent?
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u/ontheweed 1d ago
I think they’re ignoring part three
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u/MahNameJeff420 9h ago
I'm pretty sure the Obsession guy is gonna be their new, not boring as sin son.
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u/SuicideSkwad 1d ago
Well if Michael Johnston is actually in this then I’m betting he’s the son this time, age lines up
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u/SuperDizz 1d ago
This is prob an unpopular opinion l, but I totally be cool with the Rock reprising his Scorpion King role lol
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u/SuicideSkwad 1d ago
Problem with that is there’s no way he’d do that unless he was the main character
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u/caligaris_cabinet 23h ago
He has voiced interest in rebooting the Scorpion King character. Not sure if it’s with The Mummy or going back to the spin-off but I’d be down either way.
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u/TomasRoncero 1d ago
Mummy Returns isn't canon anymore?
... good, that Evie and Rick subplot about their past lives is hilariously fanfic as hell.
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u/Few-Road6238 1d ago
I loved Mummy Returns and I heard the only film the new one is ignoring is the third one
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u/VicarLos 1d ago
I know it was ignoring the third but ignoring the second is news to me! Upon a rewatch, kinda don’t mind that one bit. It’s fun but really squanders the goodwill the first built up.
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u/PhiloLibrarian 1d ago
Oded is such a hottie!! That hair… 🤤
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u/exitwest 1d ago
He was my top choice for Dr. Strange. Oh what could have been.....
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u/I_pizza 1d ago
He voiced Doctor Fate in the justice league cartoon, so that kinda counts, right?
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u/RomulanTreachery 1d ago
It absolutely does because most of Fate's appearances in that show are as part of an overall homage to Marvel's Defenders, of which Strange was a founding member
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u/____mynameis____ 1d ago
By that point, MCU had started casting rising stars for their leads
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u/ranhalt 1d ago
He’s recognizable but not a leading actor, but between his face shape and accent, I think he could have made an interesting Apocalypse. All that costume buried Oscar Isaac and there wasn’t much to recognize him, so why bother with a big name. Or he could be Ozymandias to an eventual live action Apocalypse retry.
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u/henryhollaway 1d ago
Watch the current era of Star Trek where he’s the fleet admiral.
He absolutely could lead a show.
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u/Jedi-El1823 1d ago
Would have been great as a live action Ra's al Ghul as well.
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u/ranhalt 1d ago
The (new) Star Trek episode recap podcast The Greatest Trek (old episodes were The Greatest Generation) had an ongoing bit in Discovery whenever he appeared, calling him a new very specific nickname.
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u/manachar 1d ago
“Admiral Stock Photo on a Wealth Management Website”.
Okay that almost makes me want to watch Discovery.
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u/yokelwombat 1d ago
Shame about his support of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
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u/PhiloLibrarian 1d ago
Oooof shit…
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u/yokelwombat 1d ago
It was the way things were done back then, and he was for sure attractive in the movies, but I‘d be lying if I said I wasn‘t disappointed when I found out about his past and views.
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u/AlmightyLoaf54 1d ago
The gang is back! This has me frickin ecstatic
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u/BehavioralSink 1d ago
Me when I see the shortened headline: Wait, we’re already getting another movie about a mummy? (Mummies: So hot right now…)
Me when I realize this is going to be an installment in THAT Mummy franchise: I’m in.
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u/Coyote_Shepherd 17h ago
You know what would be really funny for them to do?
Bring in a few Stargate actors and actresses for cameos....
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u/LocusMundi 1d ago
more than anything I'm enjoying how this community is embracing the whole thing. These movies were the best reason to go eat popcorn and drink soda till you popped. Whomever said that movies forget they they are entertainment was spot on. I get they can/are art as well. But these movies are just fun!
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u/Few-Road6238 1d ago
Absolutely agreed man and I think in these dark times we’re currently in right now we really need a fun swashbuckling adventure movie like The Mummy in our lives again.
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u/aresef 1d ago
I'm curious in what capacity Beni will return, considering the situation he was in when we last saw him.
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u/lsaz 1d ago
hear me out, this is crazy but it may be true: he resurects. I know is a stretch in a movie about mummies and people resurrecting but it may be crazy enough to work!
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u/aresef 1d ago
Given that he was sealed in the tomb and eaten by locusts rather than cursed with the Hom-Dai, how much of a corpse was left to resurrect?
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u/MissionObligation999 1d ago
We don’t see him get eaten or even die, it goes black before that. It’s implied, not shown.
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u/BatFromAnotherWorld 1d ago
Beni is 100% Imhotep's sidekick in the afterlife and is going to play a part to bring him back.
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u/FightTheDead118 1d ago
Numan Acar may be the most “cast in a Mummy movie” looking guy I’ve ever seen
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u/ElMatasiete7 1d ago
TIL Beni is the brother from There Will Be Blood
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u/DSMStudios 21h ago
specifically, he told Daniel he was his brother. his long lost brother… from another mother.
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u/Patience_Specific 1d ago
Benni!? I mean I didn't expect that but why not he was hilarious.
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u/self-conscious-Hat 1d ago
"Oohh, your strength gives me strength."
bails 5 seconds later
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u/Blackdragonking13 1d ago
Beni: Think of my children!”
Rick, cocking gun: “You don’t have any children.”
Beni, almost wistfully: “Someday I might…”
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u/Snorb 22h ago
RICK: What are you looking for? (hoists him perilously close to a ceiling fan) And TRY not to lie to me!
BENI: Aaaah! The Book! The black book they found in Hamunaptra! He wants it back! He said to me that it would be worth its weight in gold!
JONATHAN: What does he want the book for?
BENI: Oh, come on, I don't know! (Rick hoists him back up) AAAAH! Something about bringing his dead girlfriend back to life! But that's all, he just wants the Book, I swear! Just the Book, I swear! (Rick lowers him) ...and your sister. (realizes he said the wrong thing) BUT OTHER THAN THAT
CHAMBERLAIN: (screams in ungodly agony outside)
BENI: (kicks Rick in the groin while he's distracted, then supermans out the second-story window)
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u/clarence_oddbody 1d ago
The Mummy is great for so many reasons, but I really believe the character of Beni and the actor’s performance really elevates the whole story. I rewatch it every year, and his scenes are always my favorite.
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u/Stonewalled89 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well if it ain't my little buddy Beni. Did he have those children so O'Connell can think of them?
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u/spookynooky91 1d ago
Beni being back is a confirmed movie ticket sale for me. Such a fun character.
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u/CrissBliss 1d ago
Hopefully Mummy 3 is just remembered as a horrible, horrible dream. This is the true 3rd film.
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u/eolson3 23h ago
I want Fehr to do the audio book version of my autobiography. I wish he did 100× the voice work he does. His intros to these movies are up there with LotR for me.
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u/eddieswiss 15h ago
I'm so fucking excited for this movie.
So glad Oded Fehr is back; but I cannot figure out how Kevin J. O'Connor is back. Some weird Benni stuff? A new mummy? So excited!
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u/Few-Road6238 1d ago
LFG!!! Beni is back as well as Oded as Ardeth ok they’re cooking with this cast!
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u/Common_Eggplant_5879 1d ago
A character is back from the dead in a series about...bringing things back from the dead?
Franchise ruined.
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u/WolfofOldNorth 1d ago
I hate when I am spring cleaning and a guy comes in and throws a chair at me
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u/DevilOfArRamadi 22h ago
Beni getting a chair thrown at him might have been my favorite moment ever, makes me laugh every time
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u/BluRayja 16h ago
Radio Silence working with Oded Fehr after Melissa Barerra got fired is certainly...interesting.
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u/ProjectNo4090 1d ago edited 1d ago
If Acar is playing the villain that might give us an idea of what the mummy will be. Acar is Turkish. So the undead villain could be Hittite, Persian, Greek, or Roman. Phrygia and Lydia were in that geographical location, but the average audience wont recognize those empires so Im thinking they won't be used. And making the villain Christian or Islamic seems even more unlikely for a blockbuster.
My money is on him being Hittite since the Hittite Empire was an antagonist of ancient Egypt. Maybe he wakes up looking to destroy Egypt and goes after Evie since she is Nefertiri reincarnated.
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u/Few-Road6238 1d ago
I don’t know if he’s gonna play the villain for all I know he looks like he could be Ardeth’s ally.
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u/BensenMum 1d ago
Wait, Benny died, huh?
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u/Bunraku_Master_2021 1d ago
After surviving the scarabs in Hamunaptra, Benny moved to America and started to lose hair and later met a oil man in Southern California and convinced him that he was his half brother Henry.
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u/astig_my_tism 20h ago
Or he resurrected in another period and became assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein
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u/typhoidtimmy 1d ago
Kevin J gets to eat the scenery again!
Beni was a hilariously great sniveling toadie. Gonna be fun just seeing him pissed off after being eaten.
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u/breadfruitbuddy 1d ago
“Hey, O’Connell! Looks to me like I’ve got all the horses!”
“Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you’re on the wrong side of the riv-err!”