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Jim Carrey's The Mask was supposed to be a horror flick, not a comedy: Director
BY PTI7 Jun 2017 11:12 AM GMT
PTI7 Jun 2017 11:12 AM GMT
The Mask director Chuck Russell has revealed that New Line originally wanted the madcap family film to be a horror in the same style as the Nightmare on Elm Street series.
The 1994 movie, starring Hollywood funnyman Jim Carrey and a young Cameron Diaz, was a huge box office hit, reported Femalefirst.
"It's a great example of really fighting for your vision in a film. We changed it from a horror film into a comedy. It was original conceived as being a horror film. That was a real battle. New Line wanted a new kind of Freddy (Krueger) movie," Russell said.
The 59-year-old filmmaker said he always wanted Carrey, 55, for the lead role after watching him do a stand-up comedy routine in Los Angeles.
"He wasn't really desired as a leading man at that time. (When I saw) him he looked like a hallucination live on stage. Jim read it and he said, 'I'll be doing this role at grocery store openings when I'm 70." Russell said.
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