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The 37-year-old played Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan in 1999's The Mummy and 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, but declined to appear in upcoming sequel The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Her representative said the actress did not want to leave behind two-year-old child Henry to spend five months shooting in China.
However, Cohen claims Weisz was furious that her character has an adult son in the new film, telling Heat: "I got a very angry phone call from her agent, saying she'll never play the mother of a 21-year-old. I said, 'OK, good, fine, bye.'"
Weisz has been replaced by Maria Bello in the third instalment, which is due for release in August.
> Mummy' star Bello expects more sequels
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