Matthew Broderick remembered Jim Carrey’s astronomical wage for The Cable Man put plenty of strain on him on the set.
As Chip Douglas as soon as mentioned, “Free cable is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” He may need a degree there, and to many, The Cable Man is the last word Jim Carrey film. Broadly reviled upon launch – The Simpsons even made a joke about it almost ruining Carrey’s profession – it has since gone on to be one of the vital beloved darkish comedies of the ‘90s. Such a cult following it has that it was even part of a discussion at this year’s Tribeca Movie Pageant.
In a sitdown with star Matthew Broderick and producer Judd Apatow, the 2 remembered Carrey’s depth and touchdown a $20 million payday, turning into the primary actor to take action. On the hefty wage – which Carrey earned from his boffo 1994 (The Masks, Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber all landed within the high 20 for the yr) – Broderick mentioned, “Nice as it is to make all that, it put a lot of pressure on him in a way. It hadn’t been that long since he was relatively unknown and suddenly he’s the highest paid, you gotta be the greatest genius ever, every minute, so I was sympathetic to the pressure he must have put on himself. It’s a double-edged sword when you have that kind of success, I was sympathetic to that.”
Sadly for The Cable Man, that strain didn’t equate to field workplace bucks. Whereas it did recoup its funds, it grossly underperformed based mostly on Carrey’s latest hits. It, too, was met with largely unfavorable opinions, even happening to be nominated for Hastings’ Stinkers Dangerous Film Awards for Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy (that’s yr’s winner: Bio-Dome).
Nonetheless, The Cable Man has a legion of followers almost 30 years on and is now thought of a bit sensible (it’s not simply me, proper?), with Chip Douglas standing out as considered one of Jim Carrey’s best characters. Truthfully, I believe it’s hands-down one of many funniest films of the last decade and deserves much more credit score than it’s ever gotten.
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