Jim Carrey lately expressed curiosity in reprising the Grinch, however what about a few of his different iconic characters? The comic was lately requested by ComicBook.com about making a sequel to “The Masks,” his 2004 comedy that launched the world to Cameron Diaz and have become a blockbuster with $351 million on the worldwide field workplace. That quantity made “The Masks” the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2024. So would Carrey return because the green-faced trickster?
“Oh gosh, you already know, it must be the proper concept. If anyone had the proper concept, I suppose,” Carrey mentioned. “It’s not likely concerning the cash. I joke concerning the cash… However I by no means know. You may’t be particular about this stuff.”
One factor Carrey is aware of for certain is that he unlikely to retire from performing regardless of saying in any other case in April 2022. He advised Entry Hollywood on the time that he was “pretty critical” about retiring, however now he’s again taking part in Dr. Robotnik in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and expressing curiosity in taking part in the Grinch once more.
“I mentioned I’d prefer to retire, however I believe I used to be speaking extra about power-resting,” Carrey clarified to ComicBook.com. “As a result of as quickly as a good suggestion comes your means, or a gaggle of individuals that you just actually loved working with and stuff, it simply…issues have a tendency to alter.”
As for the Grinch, Carrey advised ComicBook in a separate interview that he’d return to his iconic Christmas function “if we might work out” a method to do it that doesn’t require him to sit down within the make-up chair for hours on finish.
“The factor about it’s, on the day, I try this with a ton of make-up and may hardly breathe,” Carrey mentioned. “It was an especially excruciating course of. The kids have been in my thoughts on a regular basis. ‘It’s for the children. It’s for the children. It’s for the children.’ And now, with movement seize and issues like that, I could possibly be free to do different issues. Something is feasible on this world.”
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” opens in theaters Dec. 20 from Paramount Photos