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DishDiva : Let's see what the audience has
to say.
DishDiva : jlau65 Asks: To either of you, "Will this film be
stronger than the first?"
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: This movie is like 5,000 times stronger
than the first. It's a better film and if they don't like it, I'll give
them their 7 bucks back when they see me on the street.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: The first was good, but this one the
characters have a great arc and the special effects are great. They all
work in conjunction and they work really well.
DishDiva : playme says: Arnold, you played Shakepeare. Which do you
prefer-- Shakespeare or action like in "The Mummy."
The_Mummy_Returns : I prefer both. There's no preference, they're both
very different. It's like the difference between a blonde and brunette,
they're both beautiful.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: What about red heads?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: (laughs) That's a whole different thing.
Red is danger danger danger. (laughs)
DishDiva : LoriVanEkeren Asks: Hi Arnold! its Lori here from the AV
Resource Page, alot of your fans are waiting for that leading role in a
romantic comedy to come your way! Given the chance, any thoughts on whom
you would like to co-star with?
STEP ASIDE HUGH JACKMAN!
"Someone Like You" 's Ashley Judd,
is AV's dream co-star!!
The_Mummy_Returns : Ashley Judd.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: You left me out. (laughs)
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: No, I don't want to be in a romantic comedy
with you. I want to be in a serious kissing movie with you.
DishDiva : tuffywosar Asks: How was Imhotep able to rise from the dead
in The Mummy Returns, when we thought he was destroyed in the first Mummy?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: And for a male co-star, Morgan Freeman.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: All anyone has to do is dug up my
fossilized corpse, and find the black book, and read the ancient Egyptian
script in the book. You'll notice in the first that the black book was
dropped in a black bog so watch that again.
DishDiva : dudlee says: Hi Arnold. You have a wonderful voice. Have
you ever done voiceovers?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Man, I'm ready! Write me one and send me
a check.
DishDiva : yeardley says: Patricia, how did you make the step from
modeling to acting?
The_Mummy_Returns : I've been in the theater since I was 5 years old,
but not something I wanted to persue, because it comes from ego for models,
not the work.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: That's true.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: Then I was offered a role as a South
American Indian, and it was really well done. I came to L.A. and wanted
to become an actress. I got a place to live, a car, learned to drive. (laughs)
It is true that there's a lot of compitition, but there's also a lot of
work.
DishDiva : punkee3 Asks: did you have to research the history of mummies
and Egypt before the filming of both moviesD
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Yeah we both did.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I think we did for different reasons,
Arnold was for aesthetics and for me it was spiritual. The research for
the movie is so right. Every little symbol you see has a name, it's not
just decoration. I don't think anyone could make a movie to represent history
that is so right on.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: We say we're taking you back to ancient
Egypt.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: There's some interesting things we've
found, the first case of breast cancer was found in a mummy. It helped
a lot with medicine and if they found one from a higher class she would
have opium and it helped her deal with the pain. If she was from a lower
class, they could see how it effected them.
DishDiva : ¤fņhØm¤
Asks: Was this film more physically challenging than the first film? Did
you have to go through special training for it?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: I went through some weapons training for
the film, but not a lot.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: In the first, it was very little what
I did. For the second we trained for 3 months. We learned ancient martial
art called Sai. We mixed it with all the Egyptian movements. We were training
for 7 hours a day and, even being a dancer, this was the hardest work I've
done.
DishDiva : Yule Asks: Mr. Vosloo, why do you always play the Villain?
I remember you in "Hard Target."
The_Mummy_Returns : If you remembered me, that means I was very good
as the Villain and that's why I played the Villain.
DishDiva: Maazix Asks: In the second movie, is the gold book ever recovered?
The_Mummy_Returns : It's a secret when that will be revealed when the
mummy returns
DishDiva : sabiyagodwin Asks: Patricia, you looked extremely clothed
in the paint and swatch of fabric in The Mummy. Did you feel clothed?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: No, there was painting that took
13 hours to put on. It wasn't claustrophobic, I just had to be patient.
In the Mummy 2, there were a lot of clothes.
The_Mummy_Returns : That's a price you have to pay.
DishDiva : gladiator says: To both of you, what do you do to keep yourselves
busy during down time on the set?
The_Mummy_Returns : (laughs)
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Patricia listens to music.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I was next to Arnold's trailer and I
had to turn it down because I knew he was sleeping.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I like Latin music.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: I was trying to avoid my co-stars dressing
rooms that were playing loud Latin music.
DishDiva : Oliver says: I know this was a serious film but were there
any pranks going on? If so, who was the prankster?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: You were dancing to it!
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: John Hannah was the prankster. He was giving
wedgies and always making trouble.
DishDiva : kara1463 Asks: Arnold did you have to take lessons for the
camel riding in TMR?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: When you saw John you would run, and
with Arnold was even worse, it's like 2 kids together.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I did.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: I didn't, you're a glutton for punishment.
DishDiva : Arnold, what makes for a very good camel?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: One that is being led by a really big trainer.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: When we were doing one take, we had a
little chair on the camel, I could feel myself going to the side and tried
to pull myself straight. (laughs)
DishDiva : Jesslynn1 Asks: Did either of you consider not returning
for the sequel, or was it something you were excited to do?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Excited because of our director and writer
Steve Somers.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I was excited to be given a larger role,
it was an honor.
DishDiva : For those who haven't seen the trailers yet. Can you
tell us about both of your characters in this film?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: My name is Meela and my job is to resurect
the mummy, and when I do, he has to bring me back to Anck-Su-Namun, it's
a big love story.
DishDiva : Dogzilla187 Asks: How did they like working with The Rock?
DishDiva : blamealie says: Was this film fun or work?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: We didn't work with him, he worked in Morocco,
and when Brendan and I fight with him in the end, he's a computer image.
We got to meet him and people would be surprised by how sweet he is. Not
in the movie though. (laughs)
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: It was great because we all knew each
other, there wasn't that 3 or 4 weeks to adapt to new people on a movie.
Also because Steven Somers was great. There are times when you have to
train so hard, but there wasn't a time we wanted to kill somebody.
DishDiva : Carol says: Will there be a "Mummy 3"?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: When Patricia had to kiss me a hundred
times, not as me but as a rotten mummy. (laughs)
DishDiva : CheekiestDeer3 Asks: Hey Arnold saw the previews for TMR
it looks fantastic, was it filmed at the same location?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Carol, if you see Mummy 2 enough, there
will be.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Yes, in Morocco and in Pinewood and Sheperton
in London.
DishDiva : Sarahsmile says: Patricia, is acting or modeling harder?
The_Mummy_Returns : I think they're different. Modeling took
traveling and a lot of work. Acting deals with your emotions more, when
you don't get a part it can be really difficult.
DishDiva : studioguy says: Do either of you have any secrets to memorizing
lines?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: I personally don't like to change the ancient
Egyptian lines because my director changes it when I get on the set. But
Patricia is great at it.
DishDiva : Trayz911 Asks: Is there any chance of seeing any of you
in The Scorpion King with The Rock?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I did memorize a lot. I tried to find
similarities in words I already knew. That's the reference I used to be
able to memorize.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: No.
DishDiva : mmcandies1 Asks: To either of you ~ is there a fan club
my son may write you letters?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: I would advise people to check out Lori's
AV resource page. It's not a fan club, it's just a really good site.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: Just punch my name on the internet and
there's some to choose from.
DishDiva : CheekiestDeer3 Asks: Heard it through the grapevine-is there
a Mummy Jr. on the way?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: It's not a Mummy Jr. there's a kid in
the movie but it's not our kid, it's Brendan's kid.
DishDiva : toucan321 Asks: Are your characters speaking english in
TMR?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Yes, some of the time, both of us.
DishDiva : talesofmine says: Is there a classic film that either one
of you would like to do?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Yes. I would like to redo a movie staring
Warren Oats called "Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" and Patricia you'll
be my co-star.
DishDiva : Any chance of that actually happening?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Maybe in 3 years.
DishDiva : spaceru Asks: Arnold, do you have any other movies coming
out?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I have a movie coming out called "Fidel
Castro" and I play his wife.
DishDiva : angeleyes says: Is this a film you would take your kids
to?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Yeah. It's less scarey, what do you think
Patricia?
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: There's no blood. It's a film everyone
would enjoy.
The_Mummy_Returns : The whole family can enjoy it.
DishDiva : Let's go with one final question. toucan321 Asks: Did you
find the desert experience as spiritual in TMR as you did in TM?
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Yes.
The_Mummy_Returns : Patricia: I wasn't in the desert in the Mummy 1,
but in the second I was and it was very spiritual. You'll be in your trailer
and a standstorm comes and you have to stop shooting and it's just great
with the colors.
The_Mummy_Returns : It was great that we started out in Morocco
so when we got to London we were all very close.
DishDiva : Patricia, Arnold, thank you for being our guests this afternoon
on MSN Live. Best of luck with "The Mummy Returns.
The_Mummy_Returns : Arnold: Please buy the biggest bag of popcorn they
sell and just have a good time. It's a big a** popcorn movie.
The_Mummy_Returns : Thank you!
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