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- Jim Carrey Was Contractually Obligated to Make The Sequel
- Half of The Budget Went to Jim Carrey
- The Original Director Was Replaced After Filming Began
- Spike Jonze Wanted to Direct
- Jim Carrey Had Some Gripes with The Script
- The Hunter's Trophies Are All Fake
- There's A Cliffhanger Spoof
- Jim Carey's Contract Clause Affected Co-Stars' Earnings
- The Farrelly Brothers Turned Down The Sequel
- The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Moment Was Ad-Libbed
According to costar Simon Callow, Jim Carrey had very little interest in reprising his role as Ace Ventura in a cinematic sequel. The only reason he agreed to make the film is that he had a contractual obligation to do so. Despite his reticence, Morgan Creek Entertainment attempted to persuade Carrey to make several more Ace Ventura movies, to whic...
For his troubles, Jim Carrey was given a $15 million payday to reprise his role as Ace Ventura in When Nature Calls. The figure was negotiated by Carrey and Morgan Creek with help from the film's director and Carrey's longtime friend, Steve Oedekerk. RELATED: Jim Carrey: 5 Family-Friendly Movies (& 5 Surprisingly Dark Ones) As a result, Carrey was ...
When the film began production, Celtic Pridedirector Tom DeCerchio was attached to helm the project. Filming had already begun when DeCerchio was replaced by another first-time director. Given the massive unexpected success of the first film, Morgan Creek gave Carrey permission to handpick the director of his choosing to oversee the sequel. Carrey ...
Prior to electing Steve Oedekerk to direct the film, a young Spike Jonze (above, right) expressed interest in helming the project as his feature debut. It was Jim Carreywho turned him down, citing a lack of feature film experience as the main reason. Carrey later expressed to Vulture that failing to hire Jonze to direct When Nature Calls was one of...
According to Jim Carrey's Dumb and Dumber costar Jeff Daniels, one of the major gripes Carrey had about When Nature Callsfrom the onset was the subplot involving his fear of bats. RELATED: What Jim Carrey Would You Like, Based On Your Zodiac Carrey thought the idea was chintzy and argued with the director over changing the script so that Ace was me...
Despite the use of several real-life animals while filming When Nature Calls --even ones that do not coexist in the same African habitat (such as the chimps and rhinos) -- nearly all of the dead hunting trophies and stuffed animal-heads that are shown in the film are fake. The decision to use fake animal props was made by director Steve Oedekerk, w...
Several satirical references to past movies and TV shows can be found in When Nature Calls. For example, the opening rock-climbing sequence in which Ace makes a daring attempt to rescue a raccoon is a direct spoof of the 1993 Sylvester Stallone movie, Cliffhanger. Later in the film when Ace is hit with a tranquilizer dart, he begins speaking in a s...
Jim Carrey spent a lot of time away from the production due to sick leave. Due to a clause in his contract, such illnesses were deemed an "Act of God," which meant producers did not have to pay fellow actors overtime for going over schedule. RELATED: 10 Best Jim Carrey Comedies, Ranked According To IMDB This directly affected costar Simon Callow (a...
Prior to Carrey settling on Oedekerk, Bobby and Peter Farrelly were offered a chance to direct Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. The two men previously directed Carrey the year prior in the smash-hit Dumb and Dumberand seemed like a perfect fit for the project. However, after considering themselves the wrong people for the job, the Farrelly Brothers ...
One of the most memorable scenes in When Nature Calls comes when Ace Ventura begins randomly singing the theme song toChitty Chitty Bang Bangwhile en route to the consulate for the first time. This scene was a result of Carreycompletely forgetting his lines for the day and began ad-libbing the musical theme on the spot. Since both actors in the sce...
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Shikaka is the great white bat (Crepuscular chiroptera in scientific name), and is the prominent focal point of When Nature Calls. She is sacred to the Wachati and Wachutu tribes, but constantly disgusts Ace, who personally hates bats, due to a fear or creepy vibe of them. Ace finds out that...
Ace destroys Cadby's car, leaving the bat cage lodged in a tree. Ace, despite his chronic fear of bats, courageously yet dramatically grabs the bat with his bare hands and returns it just as the tribes are about to fight each other on the battlefield.
With Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.
