- The Mask was a huge 1994 hit, making Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz stars
- Carrey and Diaz have expressed an interest in returning
- A sequel was released in 2005 but flopped
It’s showtime… again? Could there be a sequel to the 1994 comedy The Mask as the original stars have indicated they would be open to reprising their roles.
The Mask was a huge hit when it was released in 1994, making more than $350 million at the box office. Audiences loved the over-the-top humor and it helped to make the film’s principal actors, Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz, into global movie stars.
In the movie, mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey) becomes transformed after he finds a wooden mask. On donning the mask, he turns into The Mask, a green-faced, zoot-suited larger-than-life character with a cartoonish tendency to alter himself and his surroundings at will. Stanley/The Mask then get embroiled with a nightclub singer, Tina, (Diaz) and her boyfriend’s plots to raid a bank and take over a nightclub.
Usually, when a movie is a big hit, a sequel is often incoming, but for The Mask it never happened. There was a belated sequel in 2005, Son of The Mask – which didn’t feature Carrey or Diaz – but this was a critical and commercial flop.
The Mask sequel talk
Now, more than 30 years on, there is talk of a new movie. Back in December, Carrey, who was doing press rounds to promote his roles as Dr Robotnik and his grandfather in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, spoke to Comicbook.com and said he would be open to reprising his role, before adding that “it has to be the right idea.”
Carrey added: “It’s not really about the money… But I never know. You can’t be definite about these things.”
Now, Diaz has indicated that she too would consider returning. Speaking to Access Hollywood to promote her new film Back in Action, she said: “If Jim’s on board. I mean, I’ve been riding those coattails from day one.”
Never say never
However, as Carrey said, there has to be the idea for the film to happen. There is nothing to say that a script is in the works as yet. But, again, as Carrey said, never say never. After all, it was 35 years before there was a sequel to Beetlejuice – and that film, complete with the main actors reprising their roles, was a critical and commercial success.
