Now that Cameron Diaz is again in motion, she’s contemplating revisiting considered one of her most beloved roles.
When requested if she’d reunite with Jim Carrey for a sequel to their 1994 superhero comedy movie The Masks, the 4x Golden Globe nominee appeared able to reprise her function as lounge performer Tina Carlyle.
“If Jim’s on board, I imply, I’ve been driving these coattails from day one,” Diaz joked to Entry Hollywood whereas selling her performing comeback in Again in Motion, now streaming on Netflix.
Carrey beforehand addressed the potential for masking up as Stanley Ipkiss as soon as once more, following his personal return to the display screen. “Oh gosh, , it must be the precise thought,” he advised ComicBook.com final month. “If any individual had the precise thought, I assume… It’s not likely concerning the cash. I joke concerning the cash… However I by no means know. You may’t be particular about this stuff.”
The 2x Golden Globe winner added, “I mentioned I’d wish to retire, however I believe I used to be speaking extra about power-resting. As a result of as quickly as a good suggestion comes your approach, or a bunch of individuals that you simply actually loved working with and stuff, it simply – issues have a tendency to vary.”
Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in ‘The Masks’ (1994)
Based mostly on the Darkish Horse Comedian, The Masks starred Carrey as down-on-his-luck financial institution worker Stanley, who turns into possessed with the spirit of trickster god Loki and tears up the city at night time after placing on a mysterious masks he discovered within the bay.
Alan Cumming and Jamie Kennedy starred within the 2005 standalone sequel Son of the Masks, which was a essential and business flop. And again in 2014, comedian e-book creator Mike Richardson mentioned the way forward for the franchise.
“We’ve been speaking about reviving The Masks, each in movie and in comics,” he advised CBR. “We’ve had a few false begins. The Masks has turn into one thing greater than once we began.”
