The film, which managed to recast all of its original stars and even add WWF superstar The Rock to its cast, took some work though to get off the ground. I didn't want to do it. After that I was like, this is it. Despite his cast members' hesitancy towards a sequel, Sommers knew that he would eventually lure them all back by writing a great script. I feel it all comes from the script because if you have a great script, whether or not the actors would rather be on stage or are questioning if they want to go through stuff again, they will come back.
All good actors are a sucker for a good script.
While Sommers admits that he wasn't aware of who exactly The Rock was, a Universal casting director insisted that the two meet. Once they did, Sommers says that he was instantly impressed by The Rock's persona and talent. Here I thought he would be like, 'Hey I know what I am doing. He told me the entire story of the Scorpion King and you could see how passionate Stephen was about his history. I knew we truly had the best.