So, while some may have laughed at the cheek licking, others may have read this moment as an obsessive touch that showed Ahmanet’s rather possessive nature over Nick.
Sofia Boutella certainly did, as she confirmed in the interview she and Alex Kurtzman gave to USA Today.
Audiences who saw The Mummy this weekend probably will admit that yes, they did laugh at the fact that Cruise’s face was licked at the most inopportune of times.
While the backstory of the film did have Morton dog-eared as the living vessel that Ahmanet was planning to use in order to resurrect Set, the god of death, he was also somewhat of a love interest for the character.