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Tommy Lee Jones ostensibly hate work with Jim Carrey on the hardening ofBatman evermore . Tim Burton ’s 1989Batmanfilm , star Michael Keaton as the eponymic superhero , was an consuming critical and commercial success for Warner Bros. , which is why the studio apartment pushed Burton to refund for the sequel , Batman Returns . regrettably , both Burton and Keatonopted not to continue the serieswith a third installment , and so Warners ended up hiringFlatlinersdirector Joel Schumacher as Burton ’s replacement .
The third chapter in Warner Bros. ' originalBatmanseries , Batman Forever , feature Val Kilmer as the Caped Crusader and Keaton ’s replacement , along with a hardening of new characters , such as Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian and Chris O’Donnell as Dick Grayson . AlthoughBatman Foreverwas technically set in the same persistence as the former two installment , the movie featured an entirely new slating of villains , such as Jim Carrey as Edward Nygma , aka the Riddler , and Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent , aka Two - font . At one dot in the movie , Nygma assume an alliance with Dent to convey down the Batman , and that ’s something that plain irked Jones .
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Carrey spoke about his experience working onBatman Foreverin a recent episode ofNorm MacDonald Live . evidently , Jones hated working alongside Carrey , and the acclaimed thespian had confessed his hate for the comedian when the two had run into each at a restaurant while take the amusing book film .
" It was at a restaurant , and the maitre de said , ' Oh , I hear you ’re working with Tommy Lee Jones . He ’s over in the turning point having dinner party . ' I went over and I said , ' Hey Tommy , how are you doing ? ' and the blood just drain from his face . And he got up shake off - he must have been in mid - kill me phantasy or something like that . And he went to squeeze me and he said , ' I hate you . I really do n’t wish you . ' And I say , ' What ’s the problem ? ' and pulled up a chair , which probably was n’t smart . And he said , ' I can not sanction your buffoonery . ' "
Of of course , it ’s worth take down that Carrey ’s take onthe infamous Batman villainwas more eccentric than the funny book variant , and since Jones come up from a background of mostly drama movie , seeing Carrey ’s take on the character might have turned him off . That ’s something that Carrey consider , saying , " He might have been uncomfortable doing that work , too . That ’s not really his style of clobber . " And it really was n’t . After all , Jones had make headway the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his persona inThe Fugitivejust two years prior toBatman Foreverreleasing . So , go from that to a laughable book movie was sure as shooting an interesting career choice .
Carrey , on the other mitt , was one of the biggest stars at the clip , having established a certain level of renown for his roles in funniness films such asAce Venture , The Mask , andDumb and Dumber . intelligibly , both histrion come from vastly dissimilar screen background , but no matter how Jones feel about Carrey now , the comedian says he does n’t harbor any ill - feeling towards the acclaimed actor , and that he still be intimate him .
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Source : Norm MacDonald Live(viaTHR )
