Jim Carrey resorted to extreme measures to pull off his performance in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
The Big Picture Directed by Ron Howard and featuring a delightfully manic turn by Jim Carrey, 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas was Hollywood's first live-action adaptation of Dr. Seuss' iconic children's book. With his trademark rubber face and chameleon-like nature as a performer, Carrey was the perfect actor to play the titular curmudgeon. However, bringing such a character to the big screen proved to be one of the toughest challenges of his prolific and varied career.
According to the actor, his first day of work in the Grinch makeup required eight and a half hours, proving so logistically difficult that he kicked a hole in the wall of his trailer and was on the verge of quitting the film. Several factors contributed to his extreme discomfort, not least of which was the Grinch suit's yak hair that retreated inward and irritated his skin.
Ron Howard Tried To Cheer Jim Carrey Up The fact that Jim Carrey was struggling wasn't lost on Ron Howard. "I felt like it was the Spanish Inquisition, and I was the Inquisitor," he'd later confess. "I could tell that the costume and, you know, especially the contact lenses were just tormenting Jim." Howard also remembered Carrey suffering panic attacks and calming himself by breathing into a paper bag between takes.
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