It’s a crying shame that Ardeth Bay never got his own The Mummy spin-off, but now, we have the next best thing. Oded Fehr, who stole the show as the head of the Medjai in the 1999 cult classic, reprised his role (in costume!) for a little Cameo video this week.
Now identifying himself as the “former head of the Medjai,” Fehr as Ardeth kicks off the video by snacking on a piece of celery and playing with a small relic from his tomb-defending days. “You might be asking yourself what am I doing right now, huh?” he asks. “You know, a little retirement here in California.”
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Life in retirement seems to be very sweet for Ardeth, his days filled with snack-prep (read: chopping up greens with a sabre), adventures in “falconry,” sunbathing, marshmallow-roasting (“I like to make it, you know, a little soft, but not burnt, because burnt is no good”), and binge-watching Netflix (with a fun dig at Tom Cruise’s disastrous The Mummy remake).
“I used to be the guy protecting the Mummy, fighting off bad guys,” he continues cheerily. “Not that it’s bad. Do I miss my friends? I miss my friends. But in general, life is very good.”
But then he gets a phone call from an old friend…
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Goodness me, old Mr Ardeth Bey must have stumbled across an Elixir of Youth in his adventuring days! (It’s especially good to see at least one Horror Movie Adventurer lived to see retirement, despite the rather fearsome risks run by the average Tomb Watcher).
The script had him dying in the first movie. They decided last minute to add his final scene showing he lived.
The English “translation” wasn’t even remotely accurate. Amusing, but not accurate.
The only actor more attractive than Oded Fehr in THE MUMMY was his Arabian horse. The actor has had an interesting career since including a sexy spy/big boss on STITCHERS. He’s always a pleasure in any role. In real life, he’s also funny and clever as shown by this post. Ardeth Bay, however, has stayed a little too long in the sun and fried his brain.
Sharon, can you give us a rough idea what he actually said?
Somebody needs to get Ardeth Bay some Grecian Formula & For Men Only hair dye to get rid of that gray, he needs to let that gorgeous hair grow out, and come back to being that beautiful man who took on The Mummy.
And the only other drop dead gorgeous person in that movie was Evie (Rachel Weisz). The horse may have come in a way distant 4th after Rick!!!!
@6 So you don’t see Chris Hemsworth or Chris Pine on a horse and look at the horse first? No pony club for you!
I love this!
@6. LvilleSpunky: Pfft! I say again Pfft! Any sensible aesthete could tell you that ageing gracefully will always be more attractive than pretending that time is something that happens to other people.
On the other hand Rachel Weisz really is ridiculously good-looking, so clearly we can agree on something! (I really do hope she and Mr Daniel Craig someday get the opportunity to make an adventure comedy together; I’d dearly love to see them play a tweedy pair of expert adventuring sleuths).
@9 — Clearly Rachel Weisz should join Benoit Blanc in a Knives Out sequel, preferably sporting an accent that’s just as ridiculous and artificial as his, but entirely different — maybe something more East Coast-sounding?