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The Mummy Franchise Does More Than Recast Evy

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In The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Rachel Weisz played Evy. She was tough and could stand her own in a fight. She was so strong she even had featured fight scenes in both films. When the franchise returned with Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008, Maria Bello took over the role, and Evy was never the same.

Bello was forced to play Evy as an over-protective and always frightened mother. She was no longer book smart and independent. The film flopped, ending the franchise. In 2017, Universal tried to revive the franchise with Tom Cruise. The reboot was supposed to start a “Dark Universe,” but the film ended up losing the studio $95 million.