Jim Carrey saw Tommy Lee Jones at a restaurant while they were making Batman Forever. He walked over to say hello. Years later, Carrey would describe a reply so sharp that fans are still quoting it. What made the moment stranger was the respect he continued to express for the actor who said it. How did two men hired to play Gotham’s loudest villains reach such an awkward point offscreen? Read the full story through the link in the comments.

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Jim Carrey saw Tommy Lee Jones at a restaurant while they were making Batman Forever. He walked over to say hello. Years later, Carrey would describe a reply so sharp that fans are still quoting it. What made the moment stranger was the respect he continued to express for the actor who said it. How did two men hired to play Gotham’s loudest villains reach such an awkward point offscreen? Read the full story through the link in the comments.

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Jim Carrey thought he was saying hello to a co-star. The two actors were making , and Tommy Lee Jones was sitting in a restaurant before one of their major scenes together. Carrey went over to greet him. Years later, he would describe what happened next as one of the strangest encounters of his career: Jones, he said, told him he hated him and could not accept his “buffoonery.

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For audiences who remember the Riddler and Two-Face playing off each other onscreen, the story offers an irresistible question. How did two performers hired to be flamboyant villains end up so uneasy with each other away from the camera? The famous insult is real as Carrey’s account of their exchange.

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