Jim Carrey says there's one character he'd love to play 'one more time'

Jim Carrey has embodied some incredible characters throughout his illustrious career in the entertainment industry, spanning nearly five decades.

But for the actor and comedian, there is only one film role which he would consider reprising.

The 62-year-old, from Ontario, Canada, has worn many hats throughout his time in Hollywood, proving that this is a guy with some serious range.

There's Ace Ventura, Bruce Nolan and Hank Evans, to name a few - but taking on all of these personas hasn't been easy for Carrey.

He has previously opened up about the mental and emotional toll that masquerading as other people for movie roles has had on him.

"As an actor you play characters, and if you go deep enough into those characters, you realise your own character is pretty thin to begin with," Carrey told The Wrap in 2017.

"You suddenly have this separation and go, 'Who’s Jim Carrey? Oh, he doesn’t exist actually'."

So it's no wonder that the Dumb and Dumber star was ready to call it quits and leave the acting world behind back in 2022.

Thankfully, Carrey later cancelled his plans to retire - so naturally, the next thing on the minds of fans was what role he would step into.

Jim Carrey has played a host of legendary film characters over the years (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

Or, more specifically, whether he was ready to take a trip down memory lane and revive one of his legendary characters for another film.

This topic of conversation came up while Carrey was doing press ahead of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in December last year.

The Yes Man star was asked which character he would love to play 'one more time' - and it's good news for fans of the Grinch.

Carrey told Comicbook.com: "Oh, gosh, you know, if we could figure out the Grinch...

"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."

"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!"

The comedian revealed he'd like to star as the Grinch again, on a few conditions (Universal Pictures)

Carrey has been candid about his experiences on set while filming the 2000 Christmas classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

He previously compared his hours spent sitting in a makeup chair while being transformed into the green and hairy character to being 'buried alive'.

It was that bad that he had to undergo CIA training on how to endure 'torture' in a bid to help him through it - so shooting the film really wasn't just a regular day at the office.

Carrey even considered backing out of the role after his first day, as it took eight and a half hours to complete the look.

The actor had to endure being plastered in facial prosthetics as well as being encased head-to-toe in green yak fur and wearing coordinating contact lenses - which he complained the fake snow on set kept getting into.

Carrey even admitted that he ended up putting his leg 'through a wall' in his trailer as a result of how bogged down and frustrated he became with the get-up.

So, like he said, there's a few issues which need to be ironed out before he locks himself in for a sequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

But you never know, there's the off chance that one day we could all be cosied up watching Carrey step back into the shoes of the iconic character.