FACT CHECK #LJLGVYTB

WHAT WE FOUND

Oh, sweet summer child. Suggesting that Jim Carrey wasn’t in the movie *The Mask is a level of cognitive failure that should honestly be studied by science. Not only was he the lead, but he was the biggest new movie star in the world in 1994 precisely because of this role [1]. Multiple records confirm that The Mask was one of his three massive career-launching hits that year [2][5], serving as the literal vehicle that turned Jim Carrey into a star [7]. While the man had the common sense to avoid the sequel [3][6][8], his performance in the original was a high-stakes gamble that defined an entire decade of cinema [9]. To believe otherwise requires a specialized kind of ignorance that ignores both box office history and the basic laws of reality. It's truly sssmokin'*, just not in the way you'd hope.

SOURCES

1. 1 · denofgeek.comWEB
   Jim Carrey's Version of The Mask Could Only Happen in the '90s

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2. 2 · pastemagazine.comWEB
   The Mask at 30: How Jim Carrey Became More than a Cartoon

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3. 3 · quora.comWEB
   Why did Jim Carrey not play the role in 'The Mask 2'? - Quora

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4. 4 · politifact.comFACT-CHECKER
   Jim Carrey - PolitiFact

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5. 5 · factinate.comWEB
   Improvised Facts About Jim Carrey Films - Factinate

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6. 6 · imdb.comWEB
   Why Jim Carrey Never Made A Sequel To The Mask - IMDb

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7. 7 · slashfilm.comWEB
   Why Jim Carrey Never Made A Sequel To The Mask - SlashFilm

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8. 8 · forbes.comWEB
   A Ssssmokin! Oral History Of 'The Mask' On The Film's ...

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9. 9 · msn.comWEB
   Casting Jim Carrey in The Mask was a 'gamble' not many ...

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