If most of Jim Carrey’s successes saw the light of day in the 90s with films like The Mask, The Truman Show or even Dumb and Dumber, the 2000s allowed the actor to continue building his reputation, changing the register, for example with Eternal Sunshine. Michel Gondry’s On the Immaculate Conception (whose new film The Book of Decisions comes out this Wednesday), or by returning to his favorite field, comedy films like Bruce Almighty.
The story of Bruce, the presenter of a famous TV channel, who one day, when he is in a particularly bad mood, curses fate and loses his temper with God himself, who decides to come to meet him. He then bequeaths his divine powers to her for seven days and forces her to do better than him. While Bruce is initially excited about this new situation, he quickly learns that playing God isn’t easy…
Before you tackle these nine questions about various events in the film, here are a few filming secrets.
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Kerry-Shaydak: In the name of humor
Bruce Almighty marks the third collaboration between actor Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyack. The two men had already worked together on Ace Ventura, Cat and Dog Detective in 1994 and Liar, Liar in 1997. In the end, three collaborations for three comedies.
Jim Carrey to produce
With Bruce Almighty, Jim Carrey works for the first time in his career as a producer.
A prestigious guest
Bruce Almighty’s team was delighted to welcome famous crooner Tony Bennett to the set. In the film, he appears in a restaurant scene, where he sings a hit song If I were to rule the world.
An embarrassing number
From Bruce Almighty’s scene, Jim Carrey is asked to dial a phone number to contact God. Small problem, the production did not realize at the time that this number was a number in several areas of the United States. The result: the owners of these numbers were bombarded with calls!
Depends on you ! Will you need divine powers to achieve perfection?
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