'THE MUMMY' DIRECTOR STEPHEN SOMMERS COMMENTS ON KICKSTARTING THE ROCK'S CAREER
The Hollywood Reporter has an interview with Director Stephen Sommers about the 25th Anniversary of The Mummy.
During the conversation, Sommers was asked about making The Rock a star with his portrayal of The Scorpion King in the second Mummy franchise film:
"He was great. I had never heard of the guy, but then they sent me some footage of him, and he was just perfect. I had to shoot so fast with him because he flew into Marrakesh on Wednesday, and he had to be in Detroit for a WWE thing on Saturday. But boy, was he a trooper. As soon as the studio saw the dailies, the president of Universal was calling me up and saying, “You got to write a movie for him.” Somehow over the next week or so, I came up with this idea that became the Scorpion King movie."
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