Who would you cast as the next Mask wearer?
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TJenkins602 — 13 years ago(April 22, 2012 01:32 PM)
I'd probably use Steve Carell off the top of my mind.
It depends on the tone. If I want to go more in line with the tone of the original comics, I'd probably get Christian Bale. (much darker)
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DelGriffith53 — 13 years ago(April 23, 2012 04:20 AM)
I might as well chime in. I refuse to watch any new Mask movie that doesn't have Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz, but realistically if there's a proper Mask sequel now they would have to add new contemporary characters to star with Jim and Cameron. I'm starting to think it maybe too late to have a Mask sequel since Jim is now 50 years old, but he's not too old yet.
I pick John C. Riley as a mask wearer because he looks like Chet Bozzack (Stanley's former school bully turned evil mask wearer) from the animated series.
Another person I cast as a Mask wearer isdon't laugh.Anne Hathaway. I can picture her as a nerdy woman and be essentially the female version of Stanley Ipkiss.. She's a quiet girl who gets picked on by her evil boss, has a dumb and disloyal boyfriend and secretly wants a better one and gets screwed by everyday life. The world is seemingly against her until she wears a weird Mask and unleashes her wild, goofy side. Her story is sorta like a funny metaphor on female liberation. I don't want her to replace Jim Carrey's Stanley but I want her to be part of Stanley's continuing story.
Off topic but I'm really looking forward to Dumb and Dumber 2 with Jim and Jeff Daniels coming back.
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Tylerfg96 — 13 years ago(April 23, 2012 11:27 AM)
I agree about Anne Hathaway, I could totally see her pulling off a Live-Action Eve. I always had an idea forSelena Gomez as a potential Mask wearer. Now it may sound like a HORRIBLE idea, but I think she could pull it off.
As for a a filmer more true to the Comics, I had an idea for Costas Mandylor (Hoffman from Saw.) as Kellaway. -
SpaceMountainMike — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 02:57 PM)
I'd probably use Steve Carell off the top of my mind.
That would make some interesting trivia since he starred with Jim Carrey before.
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lupis_noctum — 13 years ago(February 02, 2013 03:46 PM)
If someone had the sense to go back to the original storyline of The Mask, Crispin Glover would be an excellent choice. Since they used so little of the real story in the movie, it's still there to be used. Change Stanley's name to something else and run with it.
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SnowLeopard85 — 12 years ago(November 02, 2013 11:54 PM)
I agree with you on Crispin Glover.
I also think Neil Patrick Harris and Sebastian Stan would be good choices.
As for a female Mask wearer, Maryu Lynn Rajskub, Evanna Lynch, Chloe Grace Moretz all fit the bill to me. I think they all possess a personality and eccentricity that would work well for the role. I also have to include Emma Stone. Heck she even has Jim's admiration. -
pokedea — 11 years ago(July 22, 2014 04:54 PM)
Aubrey Plaza.
Maybe Donald Glover, so long as he's based on the geek of group from "The Mask Strikes Back"
Also to anyone saying "Jim Carrey was the one and only true Mask", I should point out that the Mask comics were about passing it along wearer to wearer with their own experiences of using it.
I grant you that the Jamie Kennedy movie was garbage, but most of you say it's garbage for the wrong reasons. It felt like I was watching a Dr. Seuss movie adaptation half the time while not bad, doesn't fit in the with same mood and feel of the first film where there was a clear distinction between "reality" and "cartoon physics." The problem with the cinematography of Son of The Mask was that so many sets looked horrendously cartoonish and if the people weren't cardboard cutout characterizations, they were definitely over the top representations of actual people.
It should be very much possible to follow the feel of the first movie as long as they give it a bit of integrity. A reason to relate to or root for the wearer and maybe realizing how The Mask seemed like a necessary evil only to find it causes more trouble than it solves. That formula wasn't only in the Jim Carrey, but recurring in the comics as well. The reason why Son of the Mask was awful was because the "star" of the movie took a backseat to his dog and son fighting Tom and Jerry style.
Confirmation bias doesn't mean the movie needs Jim Carrey to be good.