the pinnacle of all Brendan Fraser characters I'm sure
So why exactly did Brendan Fraser appear in this movie anyway?
The Director of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is Stephen Sommers, who also directed "The Mummy" & "The Mummy Returns", both of which of course starred Brendan Fraser.
Several other crew & cast members of the Mummy movies also worked on & appeared in G.I. Joe, including The Mummy himself, Arnold Vosloo, who in the film portrayed everyone's favorite evil master of disguise, Zartan!
Brendan Fraser really loved G.I. Joe as a kid, he's more than once told about his fond memories of having a G.I. Joe toy with a parachute as a kid, and how he got it stuck up in a tree.
While shooting The Mummy 3, Fraser learned a G.I. Joe movie was just green lit, which he got excited for & really wanted to have a role in. After a few phone calls, & with Frase having already worked together with several of the cast & crew members, he was granted a cameo role.
He wanted to portray the character that his previously mentioned childhood toy was of, and that he would be fine just dangling from a parachute in the background like his toy did from the tree. However, they offered him a three wheeled motorcycle instead, & the rest is history.
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