Now that Cameron Diaz is again in motion, she’s contemplating revisiting one in every 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 using 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 chance of masking up as Stanley Ipkiss as soon as once more, following his personal return to the display. “Oh gosh, you already know, it needs to be the correct concept,” he instructed ComicBook.com final month. “If any individual had the correct concept, I assume… It’s not likely in regards to the cash. I joke in regards to the cash… However I by no means know. You’ll be able to’t be particular about this stuff.”
The 2x Golden Globe winner added, “I stated 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 manner, or a bunch of individuals that you simply actually loved working with and stuff, it simply – issues have a tendency to alter.”
Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in ‘The Masks’ (1994)
Primarily based 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 vital and business flop. And again in 2014, comedian ebook 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 instructed CBR. “We’ve had a few false begins. The Masks has change into one thing greater than after we began.”
