Whereas I don’t watch almost as many Christmas motion pictures and specials as I used to, there are just a few that maintain a particular place in my coronary heart. For instance, I take into account 2000’s Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas to be top-of-the-line Christmas motion pictures of all time. Is it pretty much as good because the 1966 animated particular? I received’t go that far, however I nonetheless adore his tackle the title inexperienced miser, one in every of his many characters who behaves like a sociopath. So with Carrey now sharing the one situation he has for reprising The Grinch, I’m really sort of hoping this will legitimately be pulled off.
Whereas being interviewed about his reprisal of Dr. Ivo Robotnik and first flip as Gerald Robotnik within the forthcoming 2024 film launch Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (which he signed on to do for a hilariously relatable motive), Carrey was requested by ComicBook if there was one character he’d be excited about taking part in once more if the chance arose. He answered:
Oh, gosh, you recognize, if we may determine the Grinch. The factor about it’s, on the day, I try this with a ton of make-up and may hardly breathe. It was a particularly excruciating course of. The kids had been in my thoughts on a regular basis. ‘It’s for the youngsters. It’s for the youngsters. It’s for the youngsters.’ And now, with movement seize and issues like that, I could possibly be free to do different issues. Something is feasible on this world.
For those who’ve performed any studying on the making of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, then listening to that carrying that make-up was onerous on Jim Carrey isn’t a shocker. It took two and a half hours every day to place the Grinch make-up on him, and he as soon as described that course of and carrying the costume as “being buried alive.” Certain, this can be one in every of Carrey’s finest motion pictures, however the function took its toll on the actor, so it’s no marvel he doesn’t need to undergo that once more.
So if he really can be sport to carry out The Grinch as a movement seize character, and can be comfortable with carrying the mandatory movement seize gear, I’d be all for this. To be clear, I might need this to be a sequel to his first How The Grinch Stole Christmas relatively than simply have him redo the basic story. That will be fully pointless, particularly contemplating the animated Grinch film starring Benedict Cumberbatch got here out simply six years in the past. Let’s see how Carrey’s Grinch is doing greater than 20 years after he returned the items to the Whos and have become a part of their neighborhood… and listen to him drop extra stellar jokes and one-liners.
Jim Carrey’s remark comes a bit of over a yr after it was debunked that he was doing The Grinch 2, nevertheless it’s good to know he’s now a minimum of keen to entertain the concept of revisiting that character. If the day comes that he decides he needs to do it, we’ll go alongside that information. In the meantime, see Carrey’s newest spherical of comedic shenanigans when Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hits theaters on December 20.