Press Conference
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:45 pmA Christmas Carol Press Conference- N West
With 'The Grinch', and Jim's new festive feast, 'A Christmas Carol', you might be forgiven for thinking Jim has a grudge against the holiday season. At the press conference for the film this afternoon, Jim told reporters "It's a hard time of year for some people. It's a confronting time of year, i've had some bad ones."
But the effervescent comic managed to see the funny side to his Scrooge character. "The one thing I will say that I wanted to, not replicate, but definitely have some of it in there, was the bitterness that he portrayed," Jim said. "The way he had sourness in his character. It wasn't just on the surface. You imagined that he had the worst case of acid reflux on Earth. There was a true bitterness, a foul taste in his mouth, and that was something that I wanted to consider." When asked where he drew inspiration from, Jim cited Alistair Sim's performance as Scrooge in the 1951 adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," to be the greatest rendition of the story.
Brought to the big screen by the Disney studio and director Robert Zemekis, the holiday favourite is a new slant on the tale, crafted through motion-capture technology similar to Beowulf. With Jim playing Ebeneezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past , present and future and Colin Firth playing his nephew. Fellow stars include Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchit and Robin Wright Penn.
'A Christmas Carol' is due out on general release this November.
source Starpulse.com
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/18/jim_carrey_does_scrooge_as_disney_previe
With 'The Grinch', and Jim's new festive feast, 'A Christmas Carol', you might be forgiven for thinking Jim has a grudge against the holiday season. At the press conference for the film this afternoon, Jim told reporters "It's a hard time of year for some people. It's a confronting time of year, i've had some bad ones."
But the effervescent comic managed to see the funny side to his Scrooge character. "The one thing I will say that I wanted to, not replicate, but definitely have some of it in there, was the bitterness that he portrayed," Jim said. "The way he had sourness in his character. It wasn't just on the surface. You imagined that he had the worst case of acid reflux on Earth. There was a true bitterness, a foul taste in his mouth, and that was something that I wanted to consider." When asked where he drew inspiration from, Jim cited Alistair Sim's performance as Scrooge in the 1951 adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," to be the greatest rendition of the story.
Brought to the big screen by the Disney studio and director Robert Zemekis, the holiday favourite is a new slant on the tale, crafted through motion-capture technology similar to Beowulf. With Jim playing Ebeneezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past , present and future and Colin Firth playing his nephew. Fellow stars include Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchit and Robin Wright Penn.
'A Christmas Carol' is due out on general release this November.
source Starpulse.com
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/18/jim_carrey_does_scrooge_as_disney_previe
