{"id":92670,"date":"2024-04-25T04:21:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/jeff-daniels-on-30th-anniversary-of-dumb-and-dumber-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T04:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:21:09","slug":"jeff-daniels-on-30th-anniversary-of-dumb-and-dumber-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/jeff-daniels-on-30th-anniversary-of-dumb-and-dumber-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Daniels on 30th Anniversary of &#8216;Dumb and Dumber&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dumb-and-dumber-star-jim-carrey-crashes-jeff-daniels-interview-watch-the-funny-moment-100573\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Daniels<\/a><span>\u00a0cannot believe it has been three decades since the first <\/span><em><span>Dumb and Dumber<\/span><\/em><span> movie was released in theaters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Talking with ET&#8217;s Cassie DiLaura from the premiere of his new Netflix show, <\/span><em><span>A Man in Full, <\/span><\/em><span>on Wednesday,\u00a0the 69-year-old actor joked about his role as Harry in the iconic 1994 comedy and what it means to have the film &#8212; which was written by the Farrelly brothers and also starred <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/jim-carrey\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Carrey<\/a><span> &#8212; celebrate such a major anniversary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;And we&#8217;re still that stupid,&#8221; he said, laughing. &#8220;That was great. I loved doing that movie. I love Jim [Carrey], the Farrelly brothers and yeah, I have nothing but fond memories of that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As for where his character would be today &#8212; 10 years after the sequel, <\/span><em><span>Dumb and Dumber To, <\/span><\/em><span>hit theaters<\/span><em><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>&#8212; the two-time Emmy Award-winning actor said he fears what kind of position Harry would be in if the audience caught up with him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s scary to think where Harry might be now because I played him like he had an IQ of eight. A single-digit IQ,&#8221; Daniels said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know where someone with an IQ of eight would end up, but it&#8217;s probably not in a good place.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sadly for fans hoping that he and Carrey, 62, might have something special up their sleeves for the film&#8217;s milestone anniversary, <\/span><em><span>The Newsroom<\/span><\/em><span> alum said there haven&#8217;t been conversations about any kind of reunion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, he sent a message directly to Carrey. &#8220;Just that, I love you, Lloyd. I love you, Lloyd. You&#8217;re just my forever, Lloyd,&#8221; the actor joked, referencing Carrey&#8217;s character in the film.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For right now, Daniels is focused on promoting his new series, in which he stars\u00a0as Charlie Croker, a real estate tycoon who must fight his way back to the top after bankruptcy and legal woes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He told ET that it was the writing of <\/span><i><span>The Practice <\/span><\/i><span>creator David E. Kelley and the promise of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/regina-king\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Regina King<\/a><span> as a director that initially caught his eye, but the script sold him on it ultimately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I read the first episode, and I just said, &#8216;This guy, this Charlie Croker guy is larger than life. He is the star in his own show,'&#8221; he told ET of his character.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>A Man in Full<\/span><\/em><span> also stars <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/diane-lane\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Lane<\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/tom-pelphrey\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Pelphrey<\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/william-jackson-harper\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Jackson Harper<\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/lucy-liu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Liu<\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show hits the streaming platform on May 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/jeff-daniels-on-30th-anniversary-of-dumb-and-dumber-and-where-harry-would-be-now-exclusive-224099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Daniels\u00a0cannot believe it has been three decades since the first Dumb and Dumber movie was released in theaters.\u00a0 Talking with ET&#8217;s Cassie DiLaura from the premiere of his new Netflix show, A Man in Full, on Wednesday,\u00a0the 69-year-old actor joked about his role as Harry in the iconic 1994 comedy and what it means [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7663,174,7664,7665,75,20,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-92670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-dumb-and-dumber","9":"tag-entertainment-tonight","10":"tag-jeff-daniels","11":"tag-jim-carrey","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}