Ardeth Bay

He's hoping that the lovers of the games will love this.

And when people are complaining, well, why aren't we having, you know, a Leon Kennedy in it or like any of the original characters or why aren't we focusing or doing any of the original story? He said, because the games did it so well, I can't touch those.

I know people can probably argue both sides of like, well, that's just a cop out answer.

But also I kind of admire him going like, I'm not going to touch it.

Otherwise, he'll just be kind of forgotten yet again.

Yeah, and also he was in Scream 7.

He was like one of the red herring characters.

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Oh, that's wild.

John Hanna returns as Jonathan while Odor Fair reprises his role as Ardeth Bay.

Kevin J. O'Connor comes back as Benny.

And despite the character's definitive death in the original film, the casting choice already raises questions about the still secret scene screenplay.

And yes, he's been confirmed for The Mummy 4, which may surprise those of you who've already seen this movie, but the whole premise of this film is that death is only the beginning.

And while there are a ton of supporting cast members with a lot of great roles, I don't feel like I can really include the ones who don't make it wire to wire in anything more than a brief capacity, so I'm going to confine my remaining summary to the charismatic Odette Fair and his heroic character of Ardeth Bay.

which is the alias of Imhotep in the 1932 original, but here they're entirely separate characters, and Bey's name is never spoken on screen until the sequel.

Fair is actually an Israeli actor, and this was one of his earliest roles.

But as the authorities close in, Anak Sunamun sends Imhotep away, taking the fall for the crime herself and dying by suicide in front of the royal guards, and apparently the lovers did at least have some contingencies in place for this because he and his priests go off to a secret underground chamber in the City of the Dead to resurrect Anak Sunamun using the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Vosloo said the key to this role for him was to play it as a Shakespearean romance like Romeo and Juliet, with his character a star-crossed lover willing to do anything and everything to be reunited with his heart's desire.

We see the ritual taking place as narrated by Ardeth Bay.

and it does draw the soul of Anak Sunamun back into her body, but the Pharaoh's guards interrupt it before it's complete, and her spirit is drawn back into the black waters of the underworld, leaving Imhotep heartbroken.

Evelyn bargains with a corrupt prison warden to free the imprisoned Rick so he can guide them to the Golden Book of Amun-Ra.

In Hamunaptra, they compete with an American expedition guided by Benny Gobber, Rick's cowardly fellow former legionnaire, and Magi leader Ardeth Bay warns them to leave.

The Americans find the Book of the Dead while Evelyn, Rick, and Jonathan discover Imhotep's mummified remains.

That night, Evelyn steals the book and, reading aloud from it, accidentally awakens Imhotep.

The remaining three convince Rick's old friend and pilot Winston Havelock to fly them to Hamunatra.

Imhotep conjures a magical sandstorm and crashes the plane and kills Winston.

Reaching the city on foot, Rick and Jonathan search for the Book of Amun-Ra while Ardeth fights Imhotep's resurrected servants.

The two men find the book and reach the ritual chamber where Rick frees Evelyn.