Not alot of people know this, but Brendan Fraser actually was hanging during this scene and almost died in real life. The rope ended up being too tight when they did this scene and he literally passed out from being choked. Luckily the producers realized he was actually choking just in the nick of time and they cut the rope to save him.
Hangman: Any last requests, pig? Rick: Yeah, loosen the knot and let me go. Hangman: speaks in Arabic Warden: YAHMAR! Of course we don't let him go! speaks in Arabic That was so hilarious.
Few people know this, but the hanging scene was actually real due to last-minute studio budget cuts. Brendan Fraser was given roughly a 85% survival estimate and agreed to do the take anyway. He slammed a heroic shot of Jack Daniel’s, snorted a line, looked the crew dead in the eye and said, “Fuck it. Roll camera.” Cinema used to mean something.