Why Maria Bello Replaced Rachel Weisz In The Mummy Movies

Long before Tom Cruise and Jake Johnson battled a mummy in Universal's failed Dark Universe, Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz swashbuckled their way into audiences' collective hearts with 1999's "The Mummy" and 2001's "The Mummy Returns." However, the third film in the franchise, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" replaced Weisz with Maria Bello as Evie. While the facts of the replacement were fairly well-known at the time of the film's release, it hasn't necessarily become common knowledge in the intervening years. If that question's been bothering you for years, we've got the answer. Here's why Maria Bello replaced Rachel Weisz in the Mummy movies.

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