Brendan Fraser Nearly Hanged to Death After Rope Stunt Went Fatally Wrong During Filming of His 1999 Film The Mummy
Brendan Fraser recently appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show and narrated his experience of doing the rope stunt during the hanging scene in The Mummy. Brendan, who played adventurer Rick O'Connell in the 1999 film, said he nearly choked to death trying to sell the fact that he was hanging.
Hollywood star Brendan Fraser was almost hanged to death on The Mummy set. The Oscar-tipped The Whale actor, 54, said he was "choked out" when a rope stunt went potentially fatally wrong and said it was "nearly" the end of his life, reports aceshowbiz.com. He said on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Tuesday February 28, when asked if the 1999 film nearly got him killed: "Nearly. Well, I was choked out accidentally. I was standing on my toes like this, with the rope (around my neck), and you only got so far." SAG Awards 2023: Brendan Fraser Makes Emotional Acceptance Speech After Winning the Honour for His Performance in The Whale.
"And (the director) Stephen (Sommers) ran over and he said, 'Hey, it doesn't really look like you're choking - can you sell it?' And I was like, 'All right, fine.' So I thought, 'One more take, man.' And the camera swooped around and I went up on the toes, and the guy holding the rope above me, he pulled it up a little higher and I was stuck on my toes - I had nowhere to go but down. And so he was pulling up and I was going down. And then 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."
Fraser, who has sons Griffin, 20, Holden, 18, and Leland, 16, with his ex-wife Afton Smith, added that he heard the stunt boss say when he came around: "Congratulations, you're in the club - the same thing happened to Mel Gibson on 'Braveheart'". Brendan added he replied: "Thanks, I think?! I wanna go home!" But the actor, who is Oscar-nominated for his role as obese teacher Charlie in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale insisted he "loves" his job. Oscar Nomination 2023: Brendan Fraser Talks About The Whale, Says ‘It Is a Gift That I Didn’t See Coming’.
He added about getting an Academy Award nod: "I think it's a fulfillment of an aspiration that I would have never even thought to dare to have allowed, let alone to myself, until I came into my 50s and I looked at my life, who I am, what I know about love from my kids and it gives it a context now. I love my job - it is the best one in the world, it also has proven to be something that I can do to help reach others in a way that's meaningful, that has gratitude, that has taught me some humility, that's why."
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