Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser is a minor, antagonistic character in the novel "最佳影星" inspired by the celebrity persona of Brendan Fraser.

Volume 2 (2000)
He met Matthew Horner during the filming of The Mummy Returns in which he had retained his role as the male lead while Matthew played one of the film's important supporting roles. He got along well with Matthew as there was no real conflict of interest between them.

Volume 3 (2001)
The film's was released in May and became very successful, earning over $200 million at the North American box office, however, as the film lacked interesting new elements, its reputation was terrible among the audience and the critics. Matthew Horner's performance as the Scorpion King was the only element of the film that garnered praise from the audience. Meanwhile, Brendan Fraser's role of Rick O'Connell was criticized as being lazy, fat and incompetent.

Still, he didn't care as no film company would cancel a sequel of a hit movie due to slightly bad reputation. He was looking forward to Universal Pictures starting preparation for the sequel so that he could ask for $20 million as pay. However, his plans went awry when he learnt from his agent that both Stephen Sommers and Sean Daniel, the film director and producer, respectively, had suggested to the executives of Universal Pictures that the sequel be delayed for 5-6 years until the adverse effects of film's bad reputation are clear. He was even more annoyed when he learnt that the two had decided to create a spin-off based on the Scorpion King played by Matthew. He attempted to unite with the film's main cast to put pressure on Universal Pictures when he learnt from Rachel Weisz, the most popular actor in the film, that she didn't plan to participate in the sequel due to its bad reputation.

Over the next few weeks, he travelled along with the crew across the country to fulfill his contractual obligation of promoting the film. During the promotion, he found that the Scorpion King played by Matthew was surprisingly popular while his Rick O'Connell didn't seem to have any more fans left. After days of frustration, he finally lost it when Matthew openly sneered at him and called him "old news." Subsequently, he assaulted a fan who asked for his autograph but was wearing a Scorpion King shirt. The fan had asked for his autograph and when he refused, the fan said some less than pleasant things about him which made him lose his cool. Fortunately for him, the fan didn't press charges. Unfortunately for him, the police arrived and arrested him. The next day's news was all about his arrest which led to him losing a lot of popularity among the audiences. As a result, Universal Pictures decided that it would be too risky to have him as the protagonist in any film and they decided to produce a Scorpion King spin-off with a lower budget and less risk.