Jeff Daniels is recalling filming Dumb and Dumber and the notorious bathroom scene.
The actor of Netflix’s Man in Full not too long ago revealed in an interview that he feared his profession would finish over the humorous scene within the comedy.
Daniels starred within the 1994 comedy as Harry, reverse Jim Carrey. Within the movie, the 2 associates go on a highway journey to Aspen, Colorado, to return a briefcase to a girl. Harry has digestive issues in a single scene and results in a bathroom that doesn’t flush. Daniels thought filming this scene could be a foul transfer for his profession.
“It’s one factor to learn the bathroom scene, however then the day comes and we’re really going to do the bathroom scene,” he stated in an interview with USA Immediately. “I instructed Jim, ‘That is both the start of my profession or the tip of it.’”
Daniels known as his co-star “fearless” and gave him a pep speak to do the scene with Carrey telling him, “It’s going to be nice. You’ve simply acquired to go all the way in which with it.”
“That was a pair hours of porcelain gymnastics,” he added. “And that close-up after they pop in tight on my pink face. I had been doing it so lengthy, I had nearly handed out.”
Regardless of preliminary pushback from his brokers, being a part of the movie paid off for Daniels. Clint Eastwood observed his work within the comedy and met him at a golf match.
“Clint says to me, ‘I simply noticed Dumb and Dumber and you understand, the bathroom scene? That occurred to me,’” Daniels stated. “After which he tells a narrative about relationship this lady that he actually needed to impress, however the shellfish hit him the incorrect manner from lunch.”
Daniels stated that he did his job “past my job” and believes that the bathroom scene “will in all probability outlive us. It is going to be humorous 40 years from now.”
Bear in mind the Dumb and Dumber bathroom scene within the video beneath.