LAS VEGAS: French-Algerian actress Sofia Boutella who takes on the role of the titular monster in “The Mummy” — a female for the first time in cinematic history — revealed on Wednesday that she had turned down the job offer at first.
“He (Alex Kurtzman) offered me the role and it was an honor but I just came out of a movie where I was under a lot of make-up and I thought ‘not again’ and also playing a monster terrified me,” she said, speaking at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas.
“It took a meeting with him and also understanding that basically the honor that it is to go back there... and play this character.”
The actress, 34, of “Kingsmen” and “Star Trek Beyond” fame stars alongside Tom Cruise in the horror blockbuster.
Cruise is known for performing his own death-defying stunts in his action movies — but the cast of “The Mummy” revealed he has started roping in his co-stars.
Annabelle Wallis said Cruise convinced her to join him in a terrifying zero gravity plane crash stunt, when the scene could easily have been filmed in front of a green screen.
“Tom is renowned for making sure that the audience gets the most out of their cinematic experience,” Wallis, 32, told the audience.
Jake Johnson (“Jurassic World“), who plays Cruise’s sidekick, said working with the star was a lot of fun, but a “terrifying” experience.
“The Mummy,” which opens on June 9, tells the story of an ancient princess who is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert and unleashes a malevolence that has grown over millennia.
It was partly shot in several Moroccan locations including Ouarzazate, Errachidia, Erfoud and Merzouga.
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