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Paul Giamatti on Jim Carrey’s Insane Method Acting Antics I Fly on the Wall

July 19, 2023 / 03:05

This episode discusses Jim Carrey's role in "Man on the Moon," featuring insights from Richard Benjamin and experiences with Sean Penn.

Richard Benjamin shares his experience working with Jim Carrey while filming "Man on the Moon," highlighting the challenges of Carrey's intense method acting.

Benjamin recalls a scene he filmed with Sean Penn in "Racing with the Moon," where he played a character in a hospital setting, although his part was ultimately cut.

The conversation also touches on Carrey's portrayal of Andy Kaufman and the chaotic atmosphere on set, particularly when Carrey was in character as Tony Clifton.

Benjamin describes the unique challenges of interacting with Carrey, who would stay in character even off-camera, creating a surreal environment for the cast and crew.

TLDR

Richard Benjamin discusses working with Jim Carrey on "Man on the Moon" and the challenges of his method acting.

Episode

3:05
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you did man on the moon how was Carrie on that with I love Jim Carrey was he because you know I heard stories about
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that movie but was it just was it interesting have you guys ever done anything with somebody who's doing that
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sort of like I'm in the character all the time thing uh a little bit I think Sean Penn it was a movie called racing
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with the moon wanted to be referred to as character yeah yeah right my part was cut out of the movie but I had a scene
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with Sean Penn in a hospital yeah I was I was a crazy man yeah you were like another you were a lunatic in the
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hospital yeah but I'll tell you what Richard Benjamin called me at home and said we love what you did but we have to
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cut it out it was so sweet to do that so oh that's it I worked with him I did a movie I did a a Disney Family TV movie
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with the heat directive where I played a wacky Civil War ghost it was great it was one of my favorite things I've ever
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done it was so oh really yeah it was a long time ago he was great oh yeah Dickie Benjamin best I was blown away to
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be working with Dickie Benjamin I was like that's really that's amazing wait a minute I'm a Man on the Moon Man on the
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Moon oh it was um yeah it was it was it was it was challenging it was uh it was not it was
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not easy you know he was great but it was tricky you know because it was sometimes hard to just kind of
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fit yourself around what he was doing you know being in the thing all the time and it was it was tricky it was amazing
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and and they made a documentary because he filmed all this stuff off camera and it was like what was going on off camera
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was almost was more insane than the actual movie and and I think the idea was to
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make some kind of movie out of that which eventually he made this documentary about it but it was like so
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it's yeah Jim Carrey playing Andy Kaufman who's playing Tony Clifton Tony Clifton yeah so it was like so he was
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home whenever he was Tony Clifton it was particularly Mayhem off the set because
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he was just [ __ ] you know he would so you yell cut and he's still in character
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and the character of Tony Clifton is loud yeah what's your [ __ ] problem so he was
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brown he's great yeah yeah brow beating everybody and he was walking around with
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[ __ ] stinky cheese in his pockets and he was smearing stinky cheese on people when he'd hug you he'd be like you know
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give me a hug give me a give me a hug and he would like you know he's stinking and who pushed back the hardest who said
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get the [ __ ] off me who put I don't know that anybody did that was the thing is
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that it was so such a [ __ ] weird assault that I think people just you were so kind of stunned there in the
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headlights that you you couldn't really we're just like okay okay I'll give you a hug nobody really told him to [ __ ] off
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because it was just sort of you know it just occupied the whole [ __ ] room whenever he was doing it especially that
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character and then sometimes he's Andy Kaufman who if people don't know is just sort of quiet more demure right yeah
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that was a more manageable thing that that yeah it was interesting I mean it was it was fun it was challenging you
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know but it was uh got talked about yeah for sure it did

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Episode Highlights

  • Behind the Scenes Madness
    The off-camera moments were crazier than the film itself.
    “It was almost more insane than the actual movie.”
    @ 01m 34s
    July 19, 2023
  • Jim Carrey's Transformation
    Jim Carrey stayed in character as Tony Clifton, creating chaos on set.
    “He was just... you know, he would so...”
    @ 01m 50s
    July 19, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • It was almost more insane than the actual movie.
    Paul Giamatti on Jim Carrey’s Insane Method Acting Antics I Fly on the Wall
  • Nobody really told him to f*** off.
    Paul Giamatti on Jim Carrey’s Insane Method Acting Antics I Fly on the Wall

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  • Character Chaos01:50
  • Stinky Cheese Antics02:14
  • Surreal Experience02:40

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