Jim Carrey has played some of the world’s most lovable film characters, and he’s teased the possibility of reprising one of his most famous roles but with one change.
The 62-year-old has starred as the lead in some of the biggest comedies of the Nineties and Noughties, including The Mask (1994), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994),The Truman Show (1998), Bruce Almighty (2003), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
Carrey said he would be ending his career in 2022 with Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but recently admitted that he had been forced to go back on his retirement promise for a third film as he “needs the money”.
When asked about the character that he would like to play again, he said, “Oh, gosh, you know, if we could figure out the Grinch,” in an interview with ComicBook.
And he hopes that technology like CGI would be able to aid him if he were to bring back the grumpy, green hater of Christmas, adapted from the children’s books by Dr Seuss.
“The thing about it is, on the day, I do that with a ton of makeup and can hardly breathe. It was an extremely excruciating process.”
He continued: “The children were in my mind all the time. ‘It’s for the kids. It’s for the kids. It’s for the kids.’ And now, with motion capture and things like that, I could be free to do other things. Anything is possible in this world.”
He also hinted at another role he’d bring back under the right conditions. Carrey played Stanley Ipkiss in the superhero comedy, The Mask, another green-faced character who gains superpowers once he puts on the disguise.
“Oh gosh, you know, it has to be the right idea. If somebody had the right idea, I guess… It’s not really about the money. I joke about the money… But I never know,” he said.
“You can’t be definite about these things. I said I’d like to retire, but I think I was talking more about power-resting. Because as soon as a good idea comes your way, or a group of people that you really enjoyed working with and stuff, it just – things tend to change.”
