While Jim Carrey undeniably accomplished such a feat in the 2000 adaptation of Seuss's book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the author's wife initially had only one actor in mind for the green, Christmas-hating miserly character.
As they went about pitching the story to Geisel, Seuss's widow interjected with her own request, saying, "I really want Jack Nicholson to play the Grinch."
"I said, 'Jack Nicholson is amazing, but I don't think he has the qualities of what we're looking for,'" the producer told Geisel. "'The Grinch is crabby and mean, and you have to forgive him for being crabby and mean. He has to have a lot of innocence.'"
"The only person I would do it with is Jim Carrey, no other actor," the producer immediately answered.
Interestingly, prior to Grazer and Howard securing the rights to the book, artist Berkeley Breathed had mapped out a CGI film that would have potentially seen Nicholson voice the Grinch.
"Dr. Seuss's widow Audrey Geisel enjoyed our vision," Breathed continued. "She enjoyed the vision of Ron Howard and Universal's option money somewhat more, alas. The rest is Jim Carrey live-action movie history. Nobody but Audrey has ever seen these."
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