Jim Carrey Says He'd Be Open to Filming aHow the Grinch Stole ChristmasSequel — but with a Catch

Mar. 15, 2025

Jim Carrey, Jim Carry as the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000.Photo:Karwai Tang/WireImage; FlixPix/Alamy Stock Photo

Karwai Tang/WireImage; FlixPix/Alamy Stock Photo

Jim Carreysays he’d be open to filming a sequel to the 2000’s live-actionHow the Grinch Stole Christmas— but with a caveat.

In an interview withComicBook, Carrey said he’d do another film “if we could figure out the Grinch.”

“The thing about it is, on the day, I do that with a ton of makeup and can hardly breathe. It was an extremely excruciating process," he told the outlet. “The children were in my mind all the time. ‘It’s for the kids. It’s for the kids. It’s for the kids.’ And now, with motion capture and things like that, I could be free to do other things. Anything is possible in this world.”

Jim Carrey in How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000.Melinda Sue Gordon/Imagine Ent/Kobal/Shutterstock

Melinda Sue Gordon/Imagine Ent/Kobal/Shutterstock

In 2023,reports circulated onlineclaiming a sequel toHow the Grinch Stole Christmaswas in the works with Carrey attached to return, but a rep for the actor told PEOPLE at the time that those reports were inaccurate.

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Carrey’s remarks about his willingness to participate in a sequel came as he is promoting another sequel:Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Back in 2022, while promotingSonic the Hedgehog 2, Carrey said he wasplanning on retiring from his acting career.

“I’m being fairly serious,” he toldAccess Hollywoodat the time, adding, “It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink, that says to me that it’s going to be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road. But I’m taking a break.”

When the Associated Press asked Carrey about those remarks on Dec. 10, he said with a laugh, “That might have been hyperbole.”

source: people.com