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Imhotep is the main antagonist of the 1932 film The Mummy. He is also the main antagonist in the 1999 remake and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns . Sofia Boutella plays a female version of this character named Ahmanet in the 2017 reboot .
Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is the title character of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. In 1290 BC, Imhotep was High Priest of Osiris under the rule of Pharaoh Seti I. He began an affair with Pharaoh Seti's mistress, Anck-su-namun, and they murdered the Pharaoh when he discovered it.
Vosloo is also known for portraying villains such as in the John Woo film Hard Target (1993), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and the title role of the 1999 film The Mummy (starring Brendan Fraser), as well as its 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns. In both films he played Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian high priest.
Boris Karloff as The Mummy (1932) Lon Chaney Jr. as the Mummy in The Mummy's Ghost (1944). The original series of films consisted of six installments, which starred iconic horror actors such as Boris Karloff (only in the original one, as Imhotep); Tom Tyler and Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis; and lastly Eddie Parker, who played Klaris, a cousin of Kharis.
Imhotep: The Mummy: Boris Karloff; Arnold Vosloo; An undead Egyptian mummy. [63] [64] Kharis: The Mummy's Hand: Tom Tyler; Lon Chaney Jr. An undead Egyptian mummy. [65] [66] King Ghidorah: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster: Shoichi Hirose; Susumu Utsumi; Kanta Ina; A three-headed alien kaiju and enemy of Godzilla. [67] [68] [69] King Kong ...
The Mummy's Hand recycled footage from the original film for use in the telling of Kharis's origins, where Karloff is clearly visible in several of these recycled scenes but was not credited. Tom Tyler played the Mummy in The Mummy's Hand, and Lon Chaney Jr. played the Mummy in The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost, and The Mummy's Curse.
From Imhotep's point of view, this is a skewed version of Romeo and Juliet." [ 5 ] [ 20 ] He was offered the role after a single audition. [ 6 ] : 27 Carrying some extra weight and conscious of it because of Imhotep's skimpy costume, Vosloo lost 10 to 15 pounds for the role by eschewing alcohol and sugar.
The Mummy: 1999 Stephen Sommers: The Mummy: 1932 Karl Freund: The Mummy: 2017 Alex Kurtzman: Mummy's Boys: 1936 Fred Guiol: The Mummy's Curse: 1944 Leslie Goodwins: the fourth and final film in the Kharis the Mummy series The Mummy's Hand: 1940 Christy Cabanne: the first film in the Kharis the Mummy series The Mummy's Shroud: 1967 John Gilling ...