The classic film ‘The Grinch’, released in the 2000s, almost featured other protagonists other than Jim Carrey; find out which ones!
Arising through the children’s book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, by the writer Dr. Seusspublished in 1957, the Grinch character became one of the most popular figures of the Christmas season.
The green monster who hates Christmas festivities, and does everything to ruin the magical holiday by stealing gifts, decorations and destroying everything related to the theme, ended up gaining more popularity over the years due to its various film adaptations.
One of the most popular is “The Grinch”, released in 2000, where the actor Jim Carrey He was responsible for bringing the main character to life, becoming one of his most memorable roles. However, something that not everyone knows is that, in this production, the Grinch was almost played by four other actors.
As reported by the CBR portal (via CinePop), before Carreythe actors Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Eddie Murphy It is Tim Curry were considered for the role, due not only to the talent of the four artists mentioned, but also due to the success of some of their previous characters — such as Curry playing the killer clown Pennywise in the 90s.
Despite this, there is no information as to why they were not chosen. That way, Jim Carreywhich was also already a huge success at the time thanks to works like “Ace Ventura” and “The Mask”, accepted the challenge — and went through great lengths to bring the iconic character to life.
Challenges on set
The main obstacle that Carrey had to face during the recordings was the makeup. Because it was work that needed to be done on his entire body, the actor had to spend tireless hours applying prosthetics, which even included yak hair.
“It was like being buried alive every day. On the first day of filming, I went back to my trailer and punched the wall, making a huge dent. I told Ron Howard I wasn’t going to be able to finish the movie,” Jim revealed in interview on the Graham Norton Show.
The star also revealed in the same conversation that, at the time, he received training from a CIA officer, the United States intelligence center, responsible for training agents to endure torture, with the aim of helping him spend hours inside the Grinch characterization.
“Eat everything you see [foi o principal conselho]. If you are going crazy and start to spiral, turn on the television, change a pattern, ask someone you know to slap you in the head, punch you in the leg, or smoke as much as you can.”
According to the producer Brian Grazer In an interview with The Daily Beast, “We brought in the CIA expert on a Friday and he spent the entire weekend locked up with Jim. He taught him all kinds of techniques to distract himself, to create mindsets that allowed him to ignore everything and work through the discomfort.”
Source: Recreio
