Brendan Fraser gives audience surprise intro before screening of The Mummy

Brendan Fraser surprised fans attending a screening of The Mummy in London by appearing on stage and giving them a speech.

You can see his triumphant speech to the crowd in the video below:

He even dressed up as his character from the films, which was a lovely touch.

Anyway, he’s not forgotten where he came from though.

He told the crowd: “Thank you – Friday night in Leicester Square.

“I first started seeing films right across the street. I saw Star Wars in 1977 and it changed my life.

“It made me want to be in the movies.

“I’m proud to stand before you tonight because this is a film that is made in Britain, you should know that.

“It was at Shepperton, we shot it in Morocco, and even the second one too – be proud.

“Thank you for being here, we had no idea what kind of movie we were making when we shot this.

“We didn’t know if it was a drama or a comedy, or straight-ahead action, romance, horror picture, more action, all of the above – no idea.

“Until it tested in front of British audiences.”

He then added: “Who else has seen the film here tonight?

“Is there anyone who has not?”

When one hardy soul put their hand up, Fraser shouted: “OUTSTANDING!”

Someone in the audience then shouted ‘the guy gets the girl’ to rapturous applause.

Fraser continued: “Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, enjoy them all.

“I won’t take up any more of your time.

“Enjoy your night, and if you get a chance, check out The Whale on February 3.

“Good night, and keep your powder clean!”

Obviously, Fraser is often asked whether he would ever return to the series, even though he’s a bit older nowadays and probably can’t quite perform the stunts like he used to.

When asked by GQ recently, he simply responded: “Absolutely – got a script?”

In the last film – which saw the end of the original Mummy series – Fraser spoke about how he was injured on the set of Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and the advice he’d give to young actors in his position.

Fraser said: "I had a few injuries that became another injury.

“Like they said I was playing hurt, you know?

“So I would wrap up and tape, you do the things you gotta do to get through with it and we all do that and I'm happy to, but it meant that I needed to start thinking about how to work smart instead of work hard.

“Around the time I made that movie it was sort of a fundamental shift in my approach.

“And now when it comes to doing this stuff I just look at the young guys and go 'you're gonna be great in the shot, man'."