20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Mummy Returns

15. Imhotep's Juicy Form Barely Features

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One of the most memorable moments from the first Mummy movie sees Rick (Brendan Fraser), Evelyn, and Jonathan (John Hannah) stumble upon Imhotep's remains and note how unexpectedly "juicy" they are.

And of course, when we glimpse Imhotep throughout the movie, he most often retains his monstrously moist, half-decomposed form, yet in this sequel, we rarely see much of the juiciness at all.

Juicy Imhotep shows up for just a brief sequence in the middle of the movie, with Arnold Vosloo's decidedly not-rotted human form getting far more of the limelight instead.

It's a bit of a shame considering how wonderfully gross he looks as a legit mummy, though this may well have been a conscious production choice to keep the movie's hefty budget down by avoiding excess CGI.

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