Jim Carrey agrees to reprise role as The Grinch under one special condition
Jim Carrey has revealed he will return to his iconic role as The Grinch, but on only one condition.
The actor has opened up in a recent interview about his fan-favourite Christmassy classic adaptation of the Dr Seuss novel.
This comes following Carrey making a decision to U-turn his retirement, which he announced in 2022.
Carrey starred in the 2000 Christmas as the humbugger-y green monster intent on ruining Christmas for Whoville.
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He starred alongside Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor, and Taylor Momsen, who played Wendy and many fans are shocked to find out is now a rock and roll star.
When asked by Comicbook.com about which role he would like to return to however, Carrey revealed he was interested in ‘figuring out’ The Grinch – but said that his return would not come without conditions.
He said: “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 estate of Dr Seuss, who make agreements with any studios looking to make films of the classic children’s story, have very specific guidelines on who they allow to play the role.
Supposedly, Seuss’s late widow Audrey Geisel sent a letter laying out the specifics of who could play the grinch.
This included a list of appropriate names, stating that they had to be a big star.
Per Comicbook, Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, and Dustin Hoffman were ‘name-dropped as templates’.
Of course the iconic role eventually went to Carrey.
Carrey did actually say in 2022 he was retiring, stating: “Well, I’m retiring. Yeah, probably. I’m being fairly serious.
“It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink that says to me that it’s going to be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road, but I’m taking a break.
“I really like my quiet life and I really like putting paint on canvas and I really love my spiritual life and I feel like —and this is something you might never hear another celebrity say as long as time exists — I have enough.
“I’ve done enough. I am enough.”
Carrey is set to return from his studio film hiatus after two years this year, appearing in Sonic The Hedgehog 3, returning after appearing in the first two.
He said, after being asked about his ‘gold ink’ comment: “That might’ve been hyperbole, yeah.
“I came back to this universe because I get to play a genius, which is a bit of a stretch. And you know, I bought a lot of stuff and I need the money, frankly."
Topics: Jim Carrey, Christmas, Film, TV and Film
Michael Slavin