Jim Carrey gains weight and scruffy beard for “Three Stooges” role

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Jim Carrey and his girlfriend Jenny McCarthy were out a charity benefit late last week. Carrey has gained some weight and sports a new scruffy beard tinged with gray. He looks so different that if he passed right by me on the street I wouldn’t recognize him at all. Carrey is beefing up to play Curley in the new “Three Stooges” comedy directed by the Farrelly brothers. The movie also stars Benicio Del Toro as Moe and Paul Giamatti as Larry. It’s out next year and it looks like a lot of fun, although I wonder if super serious Del Toro can do comedy. Kaiser reminded me that “the closest he’s ever come to comedy is that sucky one he did with Ryan Phillippe.” That would be the poorly-reviewed 2000 film The Way of The Gun. He might surprise us as a perfect deadpan counterbalance to Carrey’s over-the-top antics.

Jim Carrey appears to be taking his role in the “Three Stooges” seriously, visibly fattening up as planned for his role as Curly. He was out in LA Thursday night with a round face partially obscured by a new beard and glasses.

Back in April his girlfriend Jenny McCarthy told Ellen Degeneres that Carrey was beginning to pack on the pounds.

“He’s going to gain 50 pounds to play Curly. He’s just having so much fun with it,” Jenny told Ellen.
“I have no idea what it’s going to be like when he hits near 300 pounds. But, you know, he’s in his comedy. He works hard at it.”

[From Huffington Post]

Are scruffy gray beards the latest look for Hollywood men? I did a search on “beard” on one of the photo agencies we subscribe to, and Katie Holmes didn’t come up, but the other results show how the beard trend has caught on. Photos from the last two months show that Russell Crowe, Jeff Bridges, Dustin Hoffman and of course, Brad Pitt, are also sporting silver facial hair. My dad and his retired buddies are finally in style.

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  1. GatsbyGal says:

    I like it! I think the look suits him really well.

  2. Ash says:

    ohhh… picture of Russel Crowe. Made my morning.

  3. nikki says:

    he looks alike Val Kilmer

  4. Popcorny says:

    Wow … what a difference. He does look good.
    But, he’s aiming for 300 lbs? Egad.

  5. Kaiser says:

    I like him better with the beard. First time I’ve ever looked at a picture of Jim and thought “distinguished… sexy.”

  6. Prissa says:

    WOW! He certainly is a dedicated actor. I thought they would fix him up with a fat suit! That must be very uncomfortable with how thin his body really is. AT first I didn’t like the idea of these three in this movie but maybe it will work. Del Toro will probably pull off Moe because Moe was a mean bully anyway and I’m sure Paul Giamatti can do Larry. So maybe….

  7. daniel says:

    Jim carey is the luckiest guy on the planet! Rich, talented, and in love with jenny! I’d trade him lives anyday, lol!

  8. Gigohead says:

    I thought he was prepping for his role as grandpa! His daughter is set to have a baby boy soon.

  9. Ophelia says:

    Benicio Del Toro was hiliarious as Hunter S Thompson’s attorney in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! The way of the gun did suck though.