Jim Carrey is one of a kind. He is sweet and entertaining but above all, he is widely appreciated for his comic skills. The Liar Liar actor is best known as a legendary comedian worldwide. He has notorious humor and great acting skills that set him apart from the others in Hollywood.
The Mask actor is one personality who is difficult to compete with when it comes to the variety of roles he has played in his career. Speaking of this reminds us of one of his most popular and highly acclaimed films, The Truman Show, and a few inspiring and emotional experiences that the actor went through during this movie.
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Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective, is one of the most appreciated movies by the actor from Batman Forever. A movie that is still being watched and enjoyed by youths even today. The comic role that Carrey has played in the movie and the sequences that this movie has got are today cut into reels and used as material to laugh on.
However, Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective was disapproved by famed critics and was also called the ‘worst movie ever made’. These critics were none other than the famous Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. It was just three days before the release of the movie when both had their thoughts about Ace Ventura published.
As per the words of The Cable Guy actor,
“I was in Chicago doing a live gig. My managers sat me down at a restaurant and they said ‘We got kinda bad news, Siskel and Ebert killed you. And we don’t know what’s next from here’”
Carrey spoke out during the Comedy Actors Roundtable by The Hollywood Reporter. During this episode, he was also accompanied by actors like Sacha Baron Cohen and Don Cheadle.
Further explaining his emotions the Me, Myself & Irene actor expressed,
“Before it (Ace Ventura) came out, they had the words on a page and I just looked and it said, the worst move ever made. The worst actor ever made, this is the end. This is whatever”
He continued,
“I’ve been disappointed so many times in my career. I have an automatic downshift. I go, well. Okay, don’t know how it’s gonna happen but I am gonna have to break a basement window or something”
Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective was released in the year 1994 and had a great cast besides being a totally fun movie. From Courtney Cox to Sean Young and Mark Margolis the movie was a fun experience.
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert about Jim Carrey’s The Truman Show
Four years after both Siskel and Ebert wrote their review of Ace Venture, came The Truman Show. And now this is what we call ‘How the tables have turned’.
When Siskel and Ebert reviewed the movie they did an entire episode on Jim Carrey and also called it Jim Carrey, Clown With Class. Not just that but both of them actually gave an on-air apology to the actor.
As per the words of the actor from Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind,
“I get emotional thinking about that. It was incredible, like they just said, we were wrong. And I’ve never seen a critic say that. Both of them said we were wrong.”
The Dumb and Dumber actor said at Comedy Actors Roundtable by The Hollywood Reporter,
“It was incredible”
The Truman Show was nominated for three Oscars and is known to have made $264 million at the box office. This movie has also given a boost to Jim Carrey’s acting career.
Source: Comedy Actors Roundtable by The Hollywood Reporter
