• Anticorp
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    1 year ago

    Jim Carrey is the only reason that movie works at all, and the only reason people went to see it.

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      1 year ago

      Apparently, according to Carrey himself, they needed a full-range actor and not a comedian to be his counterpart, so…

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        1 year ago

        From what I read Carey himself was the one who wanted that. He told the producers if it was two comedians they’d spend the entire time trying to one up each other

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, no one would have gone to see Jeff Daniels alone, and this was during Jim Carrey’s peak.