In “Liar, liar”, Jim Carrey embodies a lawyer who has no choice but to tell the truth, to his great regret. A feature film for which the actor refused an important role in an essential comedy.
Liar, liar : a lawyer forced to tell the truth
After the successes ofAce Ventura, detective for dogs and cats et The MaskJim Carrey continues to establish himself as theone of the kings of American comedy in 1997 with Liar, liar. A feature film directed by Tom Shadyac (Almighty Bruce) where he lends his features to Fletcher Reede, a lawyer who spends his time lying and deceiving those around him, which has cost him his marriage.
On his birthday, after yet another broken promise, his son Max (Justin Cooper) makes a wish and asks him to stop lying for a day. Very quickly, Fletcher realizes devastated that he can only tell the truth. The next 24 hours are going to be long… To hold on and not see his life shattered, the lawyer will have to redouble his inventiveness.
Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly and Cary Elwes round out the film’s cast. A project for which Jim Carrey was forced to refuse a role in another iconic comedy, the first installment in a cult franchise.
Jim Carrey forced to say no to Mike Myers
In 1997, the public discovered the grooviest and most crazy british spy of the seventh art with Austin Powers. A feature film written and produced by Mike Myers, where the actor embodies the secret agent with the most mojo but also that of his formidable enemy Doctor Hell.
Originally, the actor did not plan to play several roles. As reported Split pages, Mike Myers was considering Jim Carrey to star as him by entrusting him with the character of the villain inspired by Blofeld, one of the main antagonists of the license James Bond. But the star had to refuse to shoot Liar, liarwhere he has fun and reveals some of his most beautiful faces.
A missed opportunity that allows the franchise Austin Powers to find one of its peculiarities in the fact that Mike Myers plays many characters, such as Bold-double and Goldmember. As for Jim Carrey, he had the opportunity to play the villain on several occasions, notably in Batman Forever et sonic the movie.
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