Interesting facts about the movie "Dumb and Dumber" (17 photos + 3 videos)

A selection of interesting facts about the film "Dumb and Dumber", as well as some funny photos from the set.





1. The Farrelly brothers initially considered Gary Oldman and Nicolas Cage for the roles of Harry and Lloyd. However, the role went to Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.



By the way, at the time of the filming of the film, Jim Carrey was not yet so popular, since the film “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” had not yet been released and Carrey’s name was not on everyone’s lips. Therefore, when the Farrelly brothers cast Kerry as Lloyd, they didn’t really know anything about him yet.

But after the success of the film "Ace Ventura", Carrey raised the price tag, and his fee was $7 million. For comparison, for the film "The Mask", which was released in the same 1994 (as well as "Dumb and Dumber"), Carrey received 450 thousand dollars. And all because the contract was signed even before the film "Ace Ventura" was released, showing excellent results.





But the brothers were right. And in the end, with a budget of $17 million, the film grossed $250 million at the worldwide box office, which paid for the film many times over. So the investment in Jim Carrey was not in vain.



2. As for Jeff Daniels, he was not the first choice to play Harry. Nicolas Cage has already agreed to play Harry, but on the condition that his fee would be $2 million higher. But he was refused.



Then Jim Carrey suggested his partner Jeff Daniels for the role, and the Farrelly brothers supported him. But the producers didn't really want a dramatic actor for this role (although this is strange, given that they wanted to cast Cage). Even Daniels' agent insisted that he not accept the role. As a result, the producers offered him $50,000 for the role, which is 140 times less than Jim Carrey's fee. But in fact, the producers set such a low price tag only in the hope that Daniels would refuse the role, but he did not refuse.



3. The role of truck driver Seabass, whom the heroes met in a cafe and then in the toilet at a gas station, was played by the famous hockey player Cam Neely (HC Boston Bruins).



The Farrelly brothers were fans of this hockey team, so they offered Cam a small role in the film.

4. Jim Carrey's chipped tooth is not makeup at all. As a child, during a fight, Kerry was hit in the teeth so hard that part of her front tooth broke off. Because of this, he was forced to wear a special pad. But in order to give his character even more comic relief, he decided to remove this very cover.





5. Jim Carrey often improvised. For example, when Jim Carrey's character suggested that Joe Mentalino listen to the most terrible sound in the world while they were driving in a car, it was pure improvisation. But the colleagues did not leave the character, but picked up this improvisation. As a result, the shot turned out to be so successful that it was inserted into the film.



Colleagues did not leave the character and picked up this improvisation. As a result, the shot turned out to be so successful that it was inserted into the film.



6. The names Harry and Lloyd were not invented by chance. The Farrelly brothers named the characters this way in honor of the famous comedian Harold Lloyd.



By the way, there is another non-obvious Easter egg hidden in the names of the characters. Loyd's last name is Christmas, which translates to Christmas. The main character's name is Mary Swanson. But if she married Lloyd, as he dreamed of it, she would take his last name and become Mary Christmas, which also sounds like "Merry Christmas", which translates as "Merry Christmas".

7. Initially, the Farrelly brothers wanted to film two versions of the ending, in one of which Harry and Lloyd still get on the bus with half-naked beauties. But Jim Carrey flatly rejected the idea of ​​boarding a bus.



As a result, the second version was not even filmed.



8. Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly (performer of the role of Mary) began an affair during filming, and in 1996 they even got married. True, their marriage did not last long, and in 1997 they divorced.



9. Although the second half of the film takes place in Aspen, filming took place in the town of Breckenridge, which was located near Aspen. The fact is that the city of Aspen asked for too high a price tag, so the Farellis began to look for a cheaper option.



10. Remember the scene in the cafe when Lloyd tricked the waitress by saying that the Seabass trucker would pay for them? Approximately the same trick was shown in the film "Wild Thing" (1986), where Jeff Daniels played the main role.



11. In 2003, a prequel called Dumb and Dumber: When Harry Met Lloyd was released. Initially, the producers wanted to make a sequel, but the directors and leading actors of the original film refused this idea, so it was decided to make a prequel without the participants of the original film. As a result, the tape failed.



But in 2014, the official second part was released, where both the Farrelly brothers and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels returned.