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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This was a very interesting read. This was my favorite tidbit.

“There was a popular movie website at the time, Ain’t It Cool News, and the guy who ran it was a fan of my work, and I contacted him,” Baker continued. “I said, ‘Listen, Universal wants to paint Jim Carrey green. I feel it’s a major mistake. I did a test on myself of what I think it should look like. Can you somehow say that you saw this test and that Universal is making a major mistake and they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about?’ And he did. And it was outrageous responses from everybody. ‘What the hell is wrong with these people at Universal? I don’t want to see green Jim Carrey. I want to see a Grinch!’ Blah, blah, blah. So they finally caved in.”

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Wow, I had completely forgotten about Ain't It Cool News. It's still running.