‘I didn’t know how to act anymore’: This actor had trouble keeping up with Jim Carrey in his repeated improvisations

In June 1995When it was announced that the comedy Cable Guy would be made – which later became Disjoncté for its French release – we learned that Jim Carrey would be the first actor to receive $20 million for the role.

Just two years earlier, thanks to Ace Ventura, The Cat and Dog Detective, The Mask and The Dumb and Dumber, Carrey found himself catapulted within a year of stand-up king and a member of a TV comedy troupe (on the show In Living Color) to a movie star. He continues to be a hit at the box office, and his presence as the supervillain in Batman Forever was no stranger to good receipts for Joel Schumacher’s film.

Carey’s estimated salaries (and US release dates):

• Ace Ventura, Dog and Cat Detective: $350,000 or $450,000 from sources (Feb 94).
• Mask (Summer ’94): $540,000 (Late July ’94).
• Dumb & Dumber: $7 million (Dec 94).
• Batman Forever: $7 million (June 95).
• Ace Ventura in Africa: $15 million (Nov. 95).
• Disconnected: 20 million and 15% on profits (Jun 96).

Matthew Broderick lost to Carey

Suffice it to say that in two years Carey’s salary for playing in the movie multiplied by 57! Also, we expect it to make people laugh and attract people to the theaters massively. Except that on the set of Disjoncté, the actress never stops improvising, to the detriment of her co-star Matthew Broderick.

Invited to the Tribeca Film Festival with Broderick, film producer Judd Apatow recalled this era on the microphone. Deadline :

I would recommend Jimmy every day. I remember one day he was all proselytizing about you coming to me between takes: “I don’t know what to do anymore! I have exhausted all ways of reacting to all this”The actor recalls “It would have put a lot of pressure on his shoulders. He had just come out of anonymity and suddenly became the highest-paid actor; he had to be a genius all the time, every minute, so I ‘sympathized with the pressure. He had to put it on his shoulders.’

When you have that kind of success, it’s a double-edged sword, I was sympathetic.

The first time we were transported by Jim Carrey, it was in this movie!

Jim Carrey continued to make comedies until 2000, when he tried to expand his acting to more dramatic roles, such as The Majestic or Man on the Moon. Severe depression will keep him from the plateaus and lead to a complete overhaul of his lifestyle. Since then, he has enjoyed other successes, such as Bruce Almighty or Sonic, and has been able to try more challenging roles, such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Kidding series or I Love You Phillip Morris.

as for gameDirected by Ben Stiller, it will exceed 100 million dollars at the box office.