The Mummy Promotional PosterOverdose wanted to shoot a new horror movie entitled "The Mummy" and set in the Great Pyramid of Alexandria. At first, they were all excited at the prospect. The entire cast were supposed to gather at the entrance of Alexandria suburbs, but then only five members bothered to show up. And it seems the rest of the crew--the make-up artists, cameramen, soundmen, etc men--have gone to the Great Pyramids already to do some sightseeing before the shooting.
Alexandria is a sight to behold from the desert.Still, not all were ready upon arrival at the suburb entrance and after a few more agonizing minutes, a cast member excused himself to the powder room and never came back. O.O Oh well, it seems only four members are left. And the rest of the cast and crew were waiting for the four diva-superstars at the pyramids.
The four stars found out that the crew left them and didn't leave any mounts. Being an independent film, the crew of "The Mummy" had few rides, and being very late, the crew had left the four cast members. HAZE and company had to go all the way to the pyramid
on foot. Rio was complaining because the sun parched her skin even with the big hat she was wearing and that Anubis has borrowed her designer sunglasses the day before.
A crew member meets the cast after arriving on the setJust moments after arriving at the set, the crew moved to dress up our beloved stars. There was an unfortunate tussle as HAZE struggled to keep his purple coat and green hair. The director, HawkLord was furious as it did not go well that his protagonist insisted on his Joker costume rather the more standard adventurer costume of khaki, brown leather boots and a nasty whip.
Giving up, HawkLord decided to start the shooting with HAZE and his purple jacket and green hair.
So far, all the action scenes were perfect and there was only the unfortunate incident of the actor Takizawa beheaded by a Tomb Raider axe. Not to worry, Takizawa's head is just a props and so was unharmed. He was sent back to Alexandria for a check up, and was sent out immediately with a clean bill of health. There were still bloody stitches where the axe cleaved cleanly through the neck, but the make-up department was able to cover it up with packaging tape that matched the skin color of Takizawa perfectly.
An action scene outside the pyramidThe interior pyramid set was perfectly done. There was genuine slime on the floor, cobwebs and evil-looking lamps. This time the action scenes inside went without a hitch. Action was pretty quick, it took a lot of running around and around, more shooting and hacking.
The stunt crew practicing moves with HawkLord and Rio. Takizawa is in the background fiddling with his gun.The climatic scene with the antagonist was very realistic. Unfortunately, Takizawa was injured again. This time, the superstar Anubis got his sharp talons entangled with the tape that held Takizawa's sewd-on head. It was a good thing that Anubis immediately realized his mistake. He then apologized to Takizawa. Takizawa immediately demanded an amulet, but Anubis said that he had gave it to another actor who got his balls cut off by Anubis. The producers then offered to pay for Takizawa's medical bills, and Tak went off happy with a few coins and bandage memorabilias.
Not your usual romantic scenes, but romance just the same with Booo and Rio. Takizawa is next in line after Rio.After a few hours of shooting, Anubis was retired to his trailer and didn't want to come out anymore and so the set wrapped up and headed back to Alexandria to freshen up.
Alexandria offers a lot of healthy sports entertainment. Rio exchanging some friendly blows with the Evil Alchemist after the shoot at the Suburbs Gym.The lead actor for the film is HAZE, however HawkLord decided to give Rio first billing since she was lovelier than HAZE. Especially with his pink shirt and green hair.
The people in Alexandria are polite and accommodating, too.
