Jim Carrey 'Kick-Ass 2' Twitter [VIDEO]: 'Dumb and Dumber' Star 'Cannot Support That Level of Violence,' Distances Himself from 2013 Movie
Actor Jim Carrey posted some Twitter updates recently that disavow himself from his upcoming film Kick-Ass 2 due to the immense amount of violence involved in the comic book movie sequel. The film, slated for a November 2013 release, features Carrey as "Colonel Stars and Stripes," though don't expect to see the Ace Ventura star at the premiere or any other promotional events. Carrey explained that his reason for distancing himself from the film is due to the Newtown shootings last year.
Here are the relevant Twitter posts from Jim Carrey:
I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence. My apologies to e
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 23, 2013
I meant to say my apologies to others involve with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart. — Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 23, 2013
Kick-Ass writer Mark Millar responded to Carrey's Twitter posts on his website. Here are some excerpts from Millar's post:
"As you may know, Jim is a passionate advocate of gun-control and I respect both his politics and his opinion, but I'm baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago. Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin. A sequel to the picture that gave us HIT-GIRL was always going to have some blood on the floor and this should have been no shock to a guy who enjoyed the first movie so much."
"This is fiction and like Tarantino and Peckinpah, Scorcese and Eastwood, John Boorman, Oliver Stone and Chan-Wook Park, Kick-Ass avoids the usual bloodless body-count of most big summer pictures and focuses instead of the CONSEQUENCES of violence, whether it's the ramifications for friends and family or, as we saw in the first movie, Kick-Ass spending six months in hospital after his first street altercation. Ironically, Jim's character in Kick-Ass 2 is a Born-Again Christian and the big deal we made of the fact that he refuses to fire a gun is something he told us attracted him to the role in the first place."
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