Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Cable Guy" in English language version.
My next big star in a bad movie is Jim Carrey, who got one of the year's biggest paychecks for The Cable Guy but forgot he became a top box office star by being a likable nut in funny comedies. The Cable Guy was an exercise in hatefulness with Carrey playing a pathological character who seemed not funny but obnoxious and annoying. [...] Jim Carrey has generated a very real comic talent but he can't work with material as negative as it is in The Cable Guy.
sources said he recently decided he didn't want to commit to a film that far in the future and stepped aside
sources said he recently decided he didn't want to commit to a film that far in the future and stepped aside