# The current cover of Entertainment Weekly - That's Jim Carrey?!? {Old thread from 2003} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981 "2003-04-21T05:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/1 "2003-04-21T05:24:42Z")
Is it just me or does the person posing with Jennifer Aniston look **nothing** like Jim Carrey? But more like, I don’t know, Keanu Reeves younger brother or something? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/2 "2003-04-21T12:21:08Z")
No, it’s not just you. It does look nothing like Jim Carrey to me too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/3 "2003-04-21T15:55:07Z")
Is there a link to a page that has the cover on it? The ew frontpage says you must subscribe. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/4 "2003-05-21T19:11:49Z")
I’m glad to see I wasn’t insane. The current issue (the double issue about cult films) says that they got a lot of mail from people who didn’t recognize him either! ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/5 "2003-05-21T22:12:27Z")
There was a blurb in last weeks US Weekly about Jim Carrey and his new look. His spokesperson says he’s been working out a lot and lost quite a bit of weight especially in his face and that makes him look rather different. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/6 "2003-05-22T01:36:38Z")
He looked awfully different on Letterman the other night. He also grew his hair a bit in addition to losing all that weight. ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/7 "2003-05-22T03:41:57Z")
It’s not Jim Carrey. It’s the guy who plays his role in the Dumb and Dumber prequel. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/8 "2003-05-22T05:22:36Z")
[http://home.mchsi.com/~myronmeyer/carrey.bmp](http://home.mchsi.com/~myronmeyer/carrey.bmp) EW says it is indeed Carrey. -M ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/9 "2003-05-22T06:47:49Z")
**j.c.** –I thought I was imagining things when I saw a commercial for Dumb and Dumberer:When Harry Met Lloyd. I enjoyed Dumb and Dumber as much as the next person but a prequel? I didn’t think the movie was THAT great. :dubious: IDBB ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/10 "2003-05-22T12:47:38Z")
I was just listening to Jim Carrey on Howard Stern, and he’s not too thrilled about the prequel either. Apparently he had nothing to do with it and feels that they’re trying to suck his perfeormance dry without him. Great interview, by the way! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/11 "2003-05-22T12:51:38Z")
Suck his performance dry?!?! He played an idiot. It’s not like it was some multilayered, heavily nuanced character. Jimbo needs to get over himself. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/12 "2003-05-22T15:16:08Z")
But it was a very memorable performance, **dan**. At least in some people’s eyes…_looks the other way_ IDBB ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/13 "2003-05-22T15:35:56Z")
I saw Dumb and Dumber in the theatre, and I enjoyed it. So there. And yeah, Jim Carrey is looking kind of odd. I saw him on Leno (?) the other night and thought… jeeeeez he is looking kind of old. Maybe it was the lighting. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/14 "2003-05-22T16:57:12Z")
I don’t know, but it looks like he’s had his eyes done. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/15 "2003-05-22T17:10:06Z")
That’s what I thought too, **DeVena**. Wonder if it’s true? **jinwicked** –glad I’m not the only one who snorted Coke out their nose laughing at it in the theatres.😃 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![mmhkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@mmhkay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmhkay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/16 "2003-05-22T23:39:29Z")
In that pic, he looks just like Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/17 "2003-05-23T01:46:54Z")
Ugh-I HATED Dumb and Dumber with a passion. I remember my friend and my sister howling and I just wanted it to be over. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/18 "2003-05-23T06:31:57Z")
I saw him on Letterman and Conan tonight, and ya, did I ever think he looked different. I hope he reverts back to his Ace Ventura style 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/19 "2003-05-23T06:36:04Z")
In Jim Carrey’s early career, he did standup comedy and impressions. In fact, he was well known as, “The kid with the rubber face.” His schtick wasn’t to just sound like other people, but to look like them. He has amazing facial muscle control, and can contort his features into about 20 different people that look astonishingly good. That’s Carrey on the cover, being someone other than Jim Carrey. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981/20 "2026-03-04T04:37:36Z")
Bumped. Even now, 23 years later, people wonder if that’s really him! > **[Jim Carrey’s face is up for debate. No, seriously | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/entertainment/jim-carrey-face-awards-show)** > > Jim Carrey’s representative wants you to know that was absolutely the actor making an appearance at an awards show in France last week. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981.md?page=2)