There are certain Christmas films that never get old and How the Grinch Stole Christmas is one of them. The festive filmed starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch was first released in November 2000 and continues to be a staple of the season.
But 22 years after its release, an eagle-eyed fan of the festive film has now unveiled a blunder that appears to have gone unnoticed for years. A TikTok user took to the platform to share an editing mistake that she spotted in the movie which involves the Grinch.
Jim Carrey, now 60, had to completely transform his appearance to become the grumpy green character in the Christmas classic, and it was something about his appearance that caught the viewer's eye.
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The actor donned a green, hairy suit for the entirety of the film with prosthetics changing his face to appear with wrinkles. green eyes and a scrunched up nose.
But it was during the scene where the Grinch was wreaking havoc in Whoville that his usual green coloured eyes appeared to be brown, reports the Mirror.
The mistake clearly wasn’t picked up by the makeup department or the film crew as it made it into the movie and has now been uncovered by a fan.
TikTok user @redcobweb shared the clip and wrote: “Every time I watch the Grinch I notice this one little mistake they made whether they forgot to either put his contacts in or to edit them in afterwards.
“So just Jim Carrey’s brown eyes are just there. And in the next scene, they’re back to that.”
Fans of the movie were quick to add their own thoughts, with one TikTok user writing: “No wonder he looks so different in that scene I can never understand why… now I know."
Another said: "JUST SCREAMED I NEVER SAW THIS AHAHAH."
"That’s surprisingly scary without the contacts," said a third.
While another posted: "I've watched the Grinch so many times and never noticed this".
It’s not the first realisation that fans of the film have made in recent years, with some sparking a debate on Twitter about the movie’s setting.
In the opening credits, the narration explains that Whoville is located inside a snowflake – a detail that many viewers have overlooked.
One shocked user exclaimed: "DID Y’ALL KNOW THE GRINCH TAKES PLACE IN A SNOWFLAKE!!??????."
A second Twitter user admitted: "'Never realised that the Grinch lives on a snowflake."
"Anyone else completely forget that Whoville was on a mf snowflake?" Another questioned. "The Grinch must have been so small."
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