‘HOW did I never notice that?’ Grinch fans are up in arms after a viewer saw a hidden fantasy FAIL in Jim Carrey’s 2000 classic…so, can YOU guess what it is?
- TikToker @redcobweb points out flaw in How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- A scene from the film shows a glitzy error in Carrey’s costume.
- To date, his TikTok video has been watched over three million times.
- Many commentators expressed their surprise that they hadn’t caught the error sooner – particularly as the film was released over 20 years ago.
Don’t blink or you might miss this one.
An attentive viewer spotted an error in Jim Carrey’s 2000 Christmas movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Posting about his observation on TikTok, @redcobweb highlights how in one scene Carrey is losing her yellow contact lenses and appears with her natural brown eyes wide open.
She explains in the video, as the film plays in front of her, ‘So every time I watch the Grinch, I notice this little mistake they made when they forgot to put his contacts in or forgot to edit them afterwards and so they just Jim Carrey’s hazel eyes… they’re just there.’
A TikTok user pointed out an error in the 2000 film The Grinch, revealing that Jim Carrey wasn’t wearing his yellow contacts in one scene (left), but they were back in the next (right).
When she gets to the exact point in the film – which takes place after the Grinch wreaks havoc on the fictional town of Whoville and is about to head home in a dump – she exclaims, “Right there! Those are her brown eyes.
After appearing brown, @redcobweb explains in the next scene Carrey’s return to the Grinch’s infamous yellow color.
To date, the TikTok video posted on Dec. 13 has been viewed more than three million times, with many commenters expressing their surprise that they hadn’t caught the error sooner.
Ash wrote: ‘I’ve seen this movie literally 10,000 times and never realized it!?!’
While Hannah commented: ‘That scene ALWAYS made me uncomfortable [sic] looking you in the eye and now I know why OMG.’
Some TikTokers have debated whether Carrey’s eye color change was intentional.
Mony mused, “There’s a possibility they wanted their students to look shocked.”
And Astr0 said, ‘Literally looks like it was intentional because it looks like cartoon students? I don’t know. just kind of [sic] sounds exactly where it is to me.’
The scene in question shows Carrey with her natural brown eyes (pictured)
Carrey’s signature Grinch costume featured stark yellow lenses, which are part of the character’s trademark appearance throughout the film.
Special effects makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji was responsible for transforming Carrey into the Grinch. It was reported that Carrey was a nightmare on set with the Grinch costume, which included a yak skin suit, green makeup, facial prosthetics and yellow contact lenses, making him particularly angry.
Some commentators have also suggested that the lost contact lenses could have been caused by discomfort.
Special effects makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, responsible for transforming Carrey into the Grinch, previously described how Carrey’s huge contact lenses were particularly uncomfortable and snow on set would get stuck in them.
This, combined with wWearing a huge yak skin suit, facial prosthetics and layers of green paint took their toll on Carrey, and Tsuji described how unpleasant it was to work with the actor.
In a 2017 interview with Vulture, Tsuji said of Carrey, ‘When we were on set, he was really mean to everybody and early on in production they couldn’t get it done.
‘After two weeks, we were only able to finish the three-day shooting schedule, because all of a sudden he would just disappear, and when he came back, everything was destroyed. We couldn’t shoot anything.
Three-time Oscar nominee Tsuji eventually dropped out of the film due to stress, but returned on the condition that the production company would help with his green card and Carrey would behave himself better.
In an attempt to help Carrey deal with the ‘horrific’ experience of being in the Grinch costume, in which he spent 92 days, producer Brian Grazer enlisted a CIA agent who specializes in enduring torture to offer some pointers.
Carrey said he developed a habit of smoking two packs a day after his agent told him, ‘Eat everything you see. If you’re freaking out and you start to spiral down, turn on the television, change a pattern, ask someone you know to smack you in the head, punch you in the leg, or smoke as much as you can.’
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