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Every movie I’ve done that’s important to somebody is important to me – and “Dumb and Dumber” is one that means a lot to people. I feel so lucky to have stepped into something in my life that keeps reintroducing itself to new generations. Do you feel a lot of pressure to meet fans’ expectations after all these years? He’s a weird guy.Īt the time, the original “Dumb and Dumber” was a pretty risky movie – for one thing, the Farrellys had never directed a film – and now this sequel is a whole different kind of gamble. It was incredible.” Then he said, “Are you on your way to the studio?” I said, “Yeah.” He said, “Those big buildings where they shoot – you’ll come to see them as tombs.” He was joking. I said, “Really?” He said, “Yeah, I totally believed that you guys have loved each other your whole lives. One of my great thrills ever was, after “Dumb and Dumber” came out, I got a call from Dustin Hoffman, who said it was the most real buddy relationship he’d seen in decades. There’s a lot of love between those two characters. There really was a feeling of re-upping an old friendship. I was surprised at how good it felt to be that character again and be with Jeff again. That’s how I felt on “Ace Ventura 2” - I was like, “Am I impersonating myself now?” But it was a blast. What did it feel like that first day on the set of “Dumb and Dumber To”? Is it hard not to feel self-conscious stepping back into a character you played 20 years ago? It happened because people love “Dumb and Dumber,” period. This movie was obviously meant to be done, because it got done despite a lot of cowardice all around. So I felt bad for them but I also felt like it was a very odd thing to do. The businessmen basically went, “Well, it’s not really him, is it? We can cast this with anybody!” They were all talented people but I’d hate to step into the shoes of an actor who’s made an iconic character. There was talk of making a sequel about 10 years ago, but New Line ended up making the prequel “Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd” instead with different actors as Harry and Lloyd, and it proved a huge flop. When characters are good and they make people feel great, why not go see them again?
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To me, it was always like, “That’s going to be valuable time I could be doing something else or creating another character.” Since then I’m a little more open to it. I was going fast and furious at that time. When the first “Dumb and Dumber” came out and was a huge hit, was there any part of you that considered trying to do a sequel right away?
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With “Dumb and Dumber To” opening this weekend, nearly 20 years to the day after the original hit theaters, Carrey reflected on the comedy sequel’s long and sometimes dumbfounding journey to the big screen.
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But it would take a full two decades of twists and turns involving two studios, a dead-on-arrival prequel and an untold number of false starts before the follow-up fans had craved would finally come to fruition. In December 1994, when the Farrelly Brothers comedy “Dumb and Dumber” grossed $247 million worldwide and was quickly branded a cult classic, the idea of bringing dimwitted best friends Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) back for a sequel seemed like the ultimate no-brainer.