Jim Carrey Opens Up About His Decades-Old Feud With Tommy Lee Jones
Despite years of industry experience between them, Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones couldn't help but butt heads on the set of a certain 1995 film. But what prevented these two talented actors from seeing eye to eye? Years later, Carrey opened up about the decades-old feud — and Hollywood will never be the same again.
Not Everyone's Impressed
It all began in 1992, with the Batman franchise fresh off another hit in Batman Returns. Critical reviews were positive, the film grossed well over $250 million, yet the big wigs at Warner Bros. were anything but happy.
Time For A Change
Batman Returns, while successful, had failed to outgross its 1989 predecessor Batman, with its dark tone and tendency to frighten children cited as the likely cause. Warner Bros. wanted to take the franchise in a new, lighter direction, leading to some pretty significant shakeups.
Taking The Helm
Joel Schumacher was brought in to replace director Tim Burton, and 44-year-old Michael Keaton was swapped for the younger Val Kilmer in the role of Batman. Yet of all the changes made to the film, the ones to its villains were perhaps the most significant.
Here's Tommy
The role of Two-Face was originally supposed to go to Billy Dee Williams, who played the villain's pre-criminal alter ego Harvey Dent in Batman. Schumacher, however, decided to go in a different direction, casting Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones — whom he'd worked with on his 1994 film The Client — instead.
