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15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Dumb And Dumber

By:: Jay L'Ecuyer

January 26, 2022

15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Dumb And Dumber

Dumb & Dumber is one of those classic Hollywood stories of a billion no’s before one yes. After shopping it around for years, with many possible actor combinations, the Farrelly brothers finally got to make their first movie, and we’re still enjoying it almost 30 years later. Here’s 15 facts you may or may not know about the making of Dumb & Dumber.

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GARY OLDMAN & NIC CAGE AS HARRY &LLOYD CRACKED.COM Gary Oldman and Nicolas Cage were the Farrellys' first choices for Harry & Lloyd. Steve Martin, Martin Short, Chris Elliott, and Rob Lowe were also approached, and Nick Cage was still in line to play Harry when Jim Carrey signed on, but he was dumped after asking for a $2 million raise. — Source: yardbarker

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ACE VENTURA GOT CARREY A MASSIVE RAISE CRACKED.COM Jim Carrey was initially offered $350k (some sources say $700k) to appear in Dumb & Dumber, but the recently successful Ace Ventura: Pet Detective helped raise that to $7 million (of D&D's $16 million total budget). — Source: audacy

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THE STUDIO DIDN'T WANT JEFF DANIELS CRACKED.COM The Farrellys wanted Jeff Daniels because they liked him in 1986's 'Something Wild.' The studio didn't think he was funny, and they liked comedian Harland Williams for Harry, so they low-balled Daniels with a $50k offer, thinking he'd turn it down. Не took it, and Harland Williams took a urine-filled beer bottle as the cop. — Source: audacy mentalfloss

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THE FARRELLYS INCLUDED A NOD TO 'SOMETHING WILD' CRACKED.COM After Harry and Lloyd stick Sea Bass with their diner tab, Harry asks Lloyd where he learned that trick. Lloyd says that he saw it in a movie once. The movie he's referring to is 'Something Wild', starring Daniels, which features a similar dine-and-dash scam. — Source: mentalfloss

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CARREY STAYED IN 'THE SHINING' HOTEL ROOM CRACKED.COM Hotel scenes were shot in the Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King's 'The Shining'. Carrey stayed in famously haunted room 217, and a tour guide claims that, after 3 hours, he sprinted out of the room in terror. To this day, he refuses to say why, but people speculate it could be a life-long prank. — Source: screenrant

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LLOYD'S CHIPPED TOOTH IS REAL CRACKED.COM You mean they didn't green-screen a chip in his tooth? To become Lloyd Christmas, Carrey uncapped his chipped tooth with a beer bottle because he felt it gave Lloyd a more deranged look. Не originally chipped it in a school fight, and purposely uncapped it again for the 2014 sequel. — Source: cheatsheet

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THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT WAS SO BAD INT h LIVING ROOM EVENTIC . photograph of a pretty Hand. MAN al V8 قسم It happened & happen. The Bennett Yellin's initial Dumb & Dumber distracted adidas embraces. is screenplay was so bad that it became infamous among producers. The Farrellys # give MAUN sat a 8 A pan was rewrote it with the placeholder title, A Power Piece by ms. If the Tool is Not a Toy to get anyone to read it the MAN again. When they swapped the title back to GRACKED.COM to : Dumb & Dumber, most investors wouldn't it touch — Source: screenrant

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THEY WANTED MEL GIBSON AS MARY'S HUSBAND CRACKED.COM In an early draft, Mary's husband was Mel Gibson, and the plan was to have Gibson play himself in the movie. Since he was considered a hunk at the time, the joke was that Lloyd couldn't possibly compete with him. — Source: screenrant

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JIM CARREY & LAUREN HOLLY GOT MARRIED CRACKED.COM Lloyd may have had a one-in-a-million chance with Mary, but Carrey's chances were a whole lot better. They got married in 1996 and divorced in 1997. — Source: screenrant

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MARY CHRISTMAS CRACKED.COM Speaking of their relationship... In a deleted scene, Lloyd fantasizes about marrying Mary and her taking his last name, Christmas. Mary Christmas. Seems like they wanted us to figure it out on our own. — Source: youtube

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15% UNSCRIPTED GRACKED.COM They had actors do 2 scripted takes, then let them improvise, so Peter Farrelly estimates about 15% of the movie was ad-libbed. The Most annoying sound in the world, scene, We've landed on the moon, and the heart in the doggy bag were a few of the improv-ed moments. — Source: mentalfloss

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SEA BASS IS AN NHL HALL-OF- FAMER CRACKED.COM As Rhode Islanders, the Farrellys were huge Boston Bruins fans, and gave NHLer Cam Neely the role of Sea Bass in their debut film. Neely tallied 694 points in 726 NHL games, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he might always be known as Sea Bass. — Source: yardbarker

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JEFF DANIELS' AGENTS WERE AGAINST IT GRAGKED.COM Jeff Daniels said that the night before he was to fly to the wardrobe fitting, his agents called him and said, This is a crisis meeting. This is an intervention. You're not gonna do this movie, Jim Carrey will wipe you off the screen. Daniels did it anyway, and it's become one of his most notable roles. — Source: youtube

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CLINT EASTWOOD HAD A REAL-LIFE 'TOILET SCENE' CRACKED COM After the movie premiered, Clint Eastwood told Jeff Daniels that the toilet scene happened to him in real life. On a date, Eastwood had some bad shellfish, and sped to the bathroom only to find out it was broken once he had done his business. — Source: mentalfloss

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INTIMATE ON DAY ONE CRACKED.COM In a GQ interview, Daniels said that the very first shot of day one was the moped coming down the mountain. With snot frozen to their faces, Harry clutches Lloyd and says, I gotta pee, and after Lloyd says, Just go, man, they share a warm moment of relief. — Source: youtube

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