She's since gone on to win an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA for her work, and become one of the most recognizable actresses around. That came as a big surprise to many people at the time since playing Evie in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns is what launched Weisz's career from mostly unknown into the Hollywood A-list. They both sacrificed their immortality to bring back General Ming's army, who battled Han's forces. Actress Rachel Weisz didn't return to play adventurer Rick O'Connell's equally capable wife Evie in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. She turned out to be the daughter of Zi Yuan, who is still alive thanks to the waters of the mystical mountain utopia. In Shanghai (where Jonathan had opened an Egyptian-themed club named Imhotep's), they teamed up with Alex and Lin, a local girl who helped them locate Shangri-La in the Himalayas. Unbeknownst to them, the eye was the key to resurrecting the emperor, and, after it was taken from them, Han was brought back to life. Rick and Evie had been working as spies for the British government during World War II, and they were asked to carry out one last mission: return a priceless artifact called the Eye of Shangri-La to China. Wilson was secretly working with the people who funded the trip, a rogue faction of the Chinese military that wanted to bring the tyrannical emperor back to life. Actress Rachel Weisz didnt return to play adventurer Rick OConnells equally capable wife Evie in 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.That came as a big surprise to many people at the time since playing Evie in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns is what launched Weiszs career from mostly unknown into the Hollywood A-list.
The franchise plays out across thousands of years and the dates can get a little murky in places, but have no fear: from ancient Egypt to post-war China, we're here to unravel the entire "Mummy" timeline. Fraser played the gun-slinging Rick O'Connell in three films, but we know more about the Scorpion King, the villain played by Dwayne Johnson in 2001's "The Mummy Returns." The character has been the focus of several films, all of them set before Rick met Evelyn "Evie" Carnahan (played by Rachel Weisz in "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns," and Maria Bello in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"). The two movies are similar in myriad ways - a no-nonsense hero, an infectious sense of exploration, and prequels that you probably forget existed (we're looking at you, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"). Almost 20 years after Steven Spielberg brought feel-good action movies back to the big screen with his pulpy classic " Raiders of the Lost Ark," Brendan Fraser channeled Indiana Jones in 1999's " The Mummy," a remake of the classic Universal film of the same name.