Let Me Explain
Something just didn’t add up with those scarabs being alive after centuries without water or food. However, there was something in one of the early versions of the script that better explained these critters. Apparently, when Imhotep was cursed to live forever, some of the said scarabs got cursed since they were being forced down his throat. When he ate them, they also got everlasting life.
Let Me Explain
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Changing Things Up
In the first versions of the script, Ardeth Bey was supposed to die at the movie’s conclusion. Yes, the audience wasn’t supposed to see him again. They were to assume he got killed by mummy priests. Yet, Sommers chose to have him in the final sequence where we see him thank Jonathon.
Changing Things Up
