Veteran actor Jim Carrey has expressed his desire to return to his iconic role maskMore than three decades after the film’s release and instantly gained a cult following. Mr. Carrey said that he did not want to revisit the character for monetary gain, but that if the right script came to him under the right circumstances, he would be willing to wear the green prosthetic for the goofy Joker. Cameron Diaz’s original film with Mr. Carrey grossed $351.5 million worldwide and propelled both actors to superstardom.
“Oh my God, you know, this has to be the right idea. If somebody has the right idea, I guess. It’s not really about the money. I joke about the money, but I never know. Doesn’t work,” Mr. Carey said. comicbook.com,
“You can’t be sure about these things. I said I’d like to retire, but I think I was talking more about power-resting. Because as soon as a good idea comes to you, Or a group of people you really come across that were fun to work with, things change,” he adds.
Talks about a possible sequel have surfaced regularly over the past 20 years. In fact, an attempt was made to develop a sequel called son of maskThe film was released in 2005 with Mr. Carey and starring Jamie Kennedy. However, it failed to capture the spirit of the original and was a box office failure. It scored six percent on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $59.9 million against an $84 million budget.
The film’s critical and commercial failure ensured that mask The IP could not be revived without Mr Carey’s involvement. However, Hollywood has taken the nostalgia train in recent years to develop sequels to classics (Indiana Jones, Terminator, Top Gun), so a return for The Mask sequel can’t be ruled out.
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Carey’s return to acting
Mr Carrey, who announced his retirement from acting in 2022, returns to the big screen with next week’s release sonic the hedgehog 3 Where he reprises his role as the comically big-mustachioed antagonist Dr. Robotnik.
When asked why he returned to action despite vowing to step back, the Truman Show star gave an amusing answer.
He said, “First of all, I have to play a genius, who is a little tall.” Second, he added, “I bought a lot of things, and I need the money, to be honest.”
except sonic, Mr. Carrey is expected to star in director David Robert Mitchell’s upcoming offering, Evergreen pines and fading summers.
