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Director Rob Cohen Slams Rachel Weisz
Date: 08/05/2008
Director Rob Cohen has criticized British actress Rachel Weisz for refusing to return for the third installment of the Mummy trilogy.The 37-year-old shot to international stardom after appearing in 1999's original movie, The Mummy. And despite appearing in 2001 follow-up The Mummy Returns, she turned down a role in the forthcoming sequel, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor--blaming the location for her decision. Her representative insisted the actress didn't feel comfortable spending five months shooting in China as her son Henry is not yet 2 years old. But the film's director Cohen claims she actually turned down the part because movie bosses had made her character too old. He tells Britain's Heat magazine, 'I got a very angry phone from her agent, saying she'll never play the mother of a 21-year-old. I said, 'OK, good, fine, bye.'' Weisz has been replaced by Maria Bello in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which is due for release later this year.
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