Jim Carrey not too long ago expressed curiosity in reprising the Grinch, however what about a few of his different iconic characters? The comic was not too long ago requested by ComicBook.com about making a sequel to “The Masks,” his 2004 comedy that launched the world to Cameron Diaz and have become a blockbuster with $351 million on the worldwide field workplace. That quantity made “The Masks” the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2024. So would Carrey return because the green-faced trickster?

“Oh gosh, , it must be the precise concept. If any individual had the precise concept, I assume,” Carrey mentioned. “It’s probably not in regards to the cash. I joke in regards to the cash… However I by no means know. You may’t be particular about this stuff.”

One factor Carrey is aware of for positive is that he unlikely to retire from appearing regardless of saying in any other case in April 2022. He instructed Entry Hollywood on the time that he was “pretty severe” about retiring, however now he’s again taking part in Dr. Robotnik in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and expressing curiosity in taking part in the Grinch once more.

“I mentioned I’d wish to retire, however I believe I used to be speaking extra about power-resting,” Carrey clarified to ComicBook.com. “As a result of as quickly as a good suggestion comes your approach, or a bunch of individuals that you just actually loved working with and stuff, it simply…issues have a tendency to vary.”

As for the Grinch, Carrey instructed ComicBook in a separate interview that he’d return to his iconic Christmas position “if we might determine” a method to do it that doesn’t require him to sit down within the make-up chair for hours on finish.

“The factor about it’s, on the day, I do this with a ton of make-up and may hardly breathe,” Carrey mentioned. “It was a particularly excruciating course of. The youngsters have been in my thoughts on a regular basis. ‘It’s for the children. It’s for the children. It’s for the children.’ And now, with movement seize and issues like that, I might be free to do different issues. Something is feasible on this world.”

“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” opens in theaters Dec. 20 from Paramount Photos