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Allllrighty then. As we reach the 30-year anniversary of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective on February 4, it’s the perfect time to look back at what an incredible, career-launching year Jim Carrey had back in 1994. Many famous actors have had winning streaks – certain “eras” when they just get striking gold and hitting oil – but very few had the ridiculously huge single year Carrey had three decades ago when he went from a relative unknown for many moviegoers, with a modicum of TV fame, to one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood as three wildly successful movies dropped within months of each other. Before both so-called “Prestige TV” arrived and streaming was a thing, it was much more notable when a TV star crossed over to movies. And a much bigger deal when that move was successful, as the star would never return to TV (with rare exceptions). They were part of the movie world now and there was no going back. Prior to 1994, Carrey, a stand up comic, had tried his hand at movies in the 80s (Once Bitten, Earth Girls Are Easy) but nothing propelled him forward. He hasn’t had much success in TV either initially (failed SNL auditions, forgotten sitcom The Duck Factory) until he became a cast member of groundbreaking sketch comedy series In Living Color in 1990. And it’s there we’ll start, since In Living Color was still a big part of Carrey’s life in 1994Living Color‘s Final Episodes January – May 1994 For almost half of 1994, Carrey was still a main cast member on In Living Color, a pioneering primarily African-American-centered sketch comedy show created by Keenen Ivory Wayans. The series had a big cultural zeitgeist moment in the early ‘90s but by its fifth and final season, tensions between Fox and Wayans over censorship had caused the creator to part ways with and Carrey was one of only four cast members from the large ensemble who’d been there from the start. Standout performer Damon Wayans had already left to pursue movies, but Carrey remained, having gained increasing popularity and acclaim for both his recurring characters, like Fire Marshall Bill, and his fearlessness as a performer. An argument could be made that Carrey, though only on the precipice of movie stardom, was the spotlight cast member of In Living Color by this point. With buzz growing around him, he’dlar budget. It’s a rambunctiously weird film that parlays mased, Jim Carrey was a star on a much bigger level than he had been by being part of the large cast of In Living Color. Carrey wasn’t a toegotiate a huge $7 million dollar payday for the next movie he’d make after Ace opened, Dumb and Dumber, which would amazingly both be filmed and released before 1994 ended. Ace Ventura would also start up a creative partnership between Carrey and director Tom Shadyac, continuing on 1997’s Liar Liar and 2003’s Bruce Almighty. Landing the Role of The Riddler June 1994 Carrey was now a houst Carrey was immediately considered, and increasingly fan cast, for the coveted role of The Riddler for the upcoming Batman Forever. And indeed, he would actually land the role in June that year, after Robin Williams, a far bigger and more to Warner Bros. to entrust him with a key role in a franchise as important as Batman. Shooting for Batman Forever — which would open to its own massive success in June 1995 — began in S to wearing the question-marked suits and tights of Edward Nygma. The Mask July 29, 1994 Capitalizing0 million off a $20 million dollar budget. It helped that it didn’t on lighter, less-violent and more accessible take on The Mask comic book, which had more of a horror/revenge bent. As a wacky hybrid special effects-laden comedic actbe both play a likable everyman, Stanleyrrey would prove that his hilarity could shine despite heavy makeup while audiences were also introduced to Cameron Diaz, in her first ever on-screen acting role as Stanley’s eventual love interest, Tina. Out of Carrey’s big ffice – making it feel even more special, as hit movies go. Sure, New Line wanted him to make a sequel, and Cathe time, but he ultimately passed on the film – and the less said about the Carrey-less Son of The Mask, the better. Dumb and Dumber December 16, 1994 Jim Carrey was so white hot in 1994 that Dumb and Dumber, th date. tmas, and without Carrey, there’s almosty’s stat reportedly made just $350,000 for Ace Ventura and $540,000 e became one of the top comedic actors in Hollywood history (though he’d also He was well on his way to becoming the first-ever actor to get a $20 million dollar payday, up front, upending the industry forever – which would happen the following year when he was paid that staggering amount for The Cable Guy, which would be released in 1996. But that aforementioned $7 million he got for gross-out comedy Dumb and Dumber (compared to co-star Jeff Daniels’ 50k) was nothing to booger-sneeze at.

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