Would have nailed this role.
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tony-moss — 15 years ago(January 24, 2011 09:08 AM)
I agree, this was not a role for Jim Carrey at all. Tom Cruise really did play it well. I don't think he'll go down as a brillaint actor but he did a very good job in this role. I don't think Jim Carey would have dealt too well with the emotional scenes. Apart from the 'flipping out' but, which he would of nailed, he would have struggled.
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CCRider01 — 14 years ago(April 10, 2011 12:36 AM)
No way, I like both actors, but this was Tom Cruise at his best. It would have had a different tone with Jim Carrey, plus he did not show his dramatic chops until a few years later. The Jim Carrey of 1999-2007 might have done a decent job, but Jerry Maguire came out in 1996, only one year after Ace Ventura and two years after Dumb and Dumber.
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SnowBoy81 — 14 years ago(June 18, 2011 07:36 AM)
Jim Carrey would have out-"SHOW ME THE MONEY"-ed Cuba in that scene. Besides taking away some of Cuba's spotlight, he would have made the whole movie a bit wackier. All that would have probably cost Cuba the Oscar. And we would have missed his exhilirating acceptance speech.
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DracTarashV — 10 years ago(January 11, 2016 02:58 PM)
Nah. While it's not difficult to imagine him in the role (based on
Liar Liar
), I seriously doubt he would have been an improvement over Cruise. Cruise was perfect.
Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!