Brendan Fraser reunites with Michelle Yeoh 14 years after starring in The Mummy together as they both scoop awards at the Toronto Film Festival
Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh reunited on Sunday night, 14 years after starring together in The Mummy: Tomb for the Dragon Emperor.
The 53-year-old actor and 60-year-old actress shared a warm embrace as they greeted each other at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Awards.
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was the third film in The Mummy franchise, with Brendan playing the lead role of Rick O’Connell while Michelle played a witch named Zi Yuan.
Still together! Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh reunited on Sunday night, 14 years after starring together in The Mummy: Tomb for the Dragon Emperor
Michelle and Brendan posed for a photo together at the awards show, where they both prepared to accept accolades.
Fans of the actors took to Twitter to express their joy at seeing the sweet reunion.
One wrote: “Best actor and best actress right there”. Please make this happen!!’
Sweet: The 53-year-old actor and 60-year-old actress shared a warm embrace as they greeted each other at the Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Awards
While another said: ‘Real tears right now’.
And a third excitedly pointed out: “mommy meeting!!”
The two actors have both generated plenty of awards for their recent film roles.
Famous Franchise: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was the third film in The Mummy franchise, with Brendan playing the lead role of Rick O’Connell while Michelle played a witch named Zi Yuan
Reunion: Fans of the actors rushed to Twitter to express their happiness to see the sweet reunion
Michelle received the first TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker accolade for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
And Brendan appears to be launching a full-fledged career comeback with his performance in the Darren Aronofsky-directed film The Whale.
His performance as a morbidly obese professor named Charlie in the drama sparked huge excitement, as he received an extended standing ovation after the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
Buzz: Michelle received the first TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker accolade for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Oscar in sight? And Brendan appears to be launching a full-fledged career comeback with his performance in the Darren Aronofsky-directed film The Whale.
Brendan said on Sunday his confidence was up amid the rave reviews he received for his work in the upcoming film.
“So often I just felt like a working actor who was glad to have a job, ‘What do you got? I will,” he said, according to the Toronto Star. “And he’s a different guy than I am right now.”
He added: ‘The last few years when I was a bit more reluctant to move on – having a life with children and an eldest son with special needs, another child who is going to be a senior now and another who is [learning] drive and he picks up guitar – I think that gave me a purpose that I don’t know I would have enjoyed as a young man.
Brendan went on to receive the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance presented by IMDbPro.
Eyes on the award: Brendan went on to receive the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance presented by IMDbPro
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