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Plot
Carrey will play a Rhode Island state
trooper with a split personality. When he fails to take his medication,
each of his competing personalities falls in love with the same woman (Irene),
and with his internal chemistry now in tumult, they declare war on each
other.
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Detroit
Free Press, July 9, 1999
Jim Carrey was nice enough when he started
filming "Me, Myself and Irene" in Jamestown, R.I., where he delighted local
kids with the gross-out question: "Who wants eye boogers?" But now that
filming has moved to Richmond, Vt., townsfolk there are finding the goofball
aloof. Local Betsy Bott complained Carrey "would walk out, get into his
Cadillac sports-utility vehicle with black-tinted windows, and they would
drive him to his trailer."
Reuters/Variety,
July 2, 1999
Rob Moran and Zen Gesner will reteam with
the Farrelly brothers on their upcoming comedy, "Me, Myself and Irene"
opposite Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.Both Moran and Genser have appeared
in previous Farrelly pictures "Dumb and Dumber," "Kingpin" and "There's
Something About Mary." Shooting is already underway in Vermont.
National
Enquirer, June 1999
"But I am Jim Carrey!!!", the comic carped
to a security guard who barred him from entering his own trailer on the
set of his flick "Me, Myself And Irene." The guard didn't recognize Jim
Carrey, who was in elaborate makeup, and told him"Only Jim Carrey!" was
allowed inside. The security chief straightened things out and offered
to can the guard, but Jim said: "No way! I'm glad the makeup job worked
so well!"
News & Gossip from Burlington (the "Me, Myself & Irene" headquarters), June 4, 1999
WCAX,
May 25,1999
Hollywood has officially arrived in Vermont
-and it comes in the form of Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger - the two A-list
actors who are in Vermont filming the new 20th Century Fox movie, "Me,
Myself and Irene." Traffic was at a standstill at times this morning while
the crew filmed a scene at the Go-Go Gas station on Susie Wilson Road in
Essex. The production drew a crowd of on-lookers and fans who were thrilled
to get a glance of the silver screen's wild leading man. The film is being
directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the brothers responsible for "Dumb
and Dumber" and last summer's mega smash "There's Something About Mary."
In "Me, Myself and Irene," Carrey plays a Rhode Island State Trooper with
a split personality who falls for Irene, played by Zellweger. Fans say
it's Jim Carrey's unforgettable screen characters that keeps them coming
back time and time again. Although the movie is being filmed primarily
in Vermont, the story does not take place in the Green Mountain State.
Vermont is merely doubling for Upstate New York. Production is slated at
locations throughout Vermont for the next two months and is expected to
pump millions of dollars into the economy. Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer
are also scheduled to film a movie in Addison County starting in August.
So, for movie fans big and small, this is the summer to bask in the glow
of the Hollywood lights.
The
Narragansett Times, May 21, 1999
Filming of "Me, Myself and Irene" moved
last Monday, 17th, to Great Island (Narragansett), a small beach community
near Galilee. A summer cottage on Mollusk Drive, a dead-end street, was
used as Charlie Baileygates' (Jim Carrey) house. In one of the scenes filmed
on location during the week, Charlie hosts a barbecue at his home for his
colleagues. To avoid a reprise of the Jamestown chaos, the Narragansett
police and a private security firm guarded the set, while a police boat
was also said to keep the coast clear of boats coming too near. Besides
Narragansett, other scenes were also shot in Newport this week by a helicopter
flying over the Pell Bridge. According to the movie's publicist, stand-ins
replaced the principal actors. Last Friday, and still in Newport, the filmmakers
closed down all of Brenton Point and a large part of Ocean Drive, due to
a sudden decision to make use of King's Beach for a newly added picnic
scene.
The
Providence Journal, May 16, 1999
"Me, Myself and Irene" continued filming
in Newport last Friday at and around Brenton State Park. Several "driving
scenes" were shot including one where Jim Carrey's character is assigned
to take Irene back to New York on his police motorcycle. The park was closed
due to the shoot and re-opened to the public on Saturday. Other scenes
filmed on Friday show Charlie (Jim Carrey) and his first wife (Traylor
Howard) falling in love and sitting by the ocean. Production stopped for
the weekend and will re-start Monday, 17 on an island.
The
Providence Journal, May 15, 1999
The crew moved to Newport on Thursday
afternoon for a wedding scene which took place at St. John's Episcopal
Church, in the Point section of Newport.
desertnews.com,
May 15, 1999
Jim Carrey looks so sharp in a Rhode Island
state police uniform that the force is tempted to offer him a job. Carrey
is in Rhode Island filming a new comedy, "Me, Myself and Irene." He plays
a state trooper with two personalities, both in love with the same woman.
The film is by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the Rhode Island brothers who
made "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb and Dumber." The Farrelly
brothers consulted with the state police to make sure Carrey looked authentic.
"They did a good job, said Maj. Harold Watson, the No. 2 person on the
force. "Their main concern was getting the uniform right," he said. With
his buzz cut, aviator sunglasses and gray uniform, Carrey might get away
with asking for your driver's license. "The haircut is regulation. The
glasses look regulation. If he decides to dump his movie career, we'll
sign him up," Watson said.
The
Boston Globe OnLine, May 14, 1999
Jim Carrey, dressed as a police officer,
stopped traffic in Jamestown, R.I., yesterday while filming a scene for
his new movie. Carrey has been in this bayside town (next door to Newport),
shooting scenes for local filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly 's "Me, Myself
and Irene" - which also stars Renee Zellweger. In the film, Carrey plays
a Rhode Island state trooper with a split personality, both sides in love
with the same woman. Yesterday life imitated art as real crowds watched
real police shut down Narragansett Avenue as fake cop Carrey was filmed
stepping out of a barber shop to control fake gawkers at the scene of a
fake accident. Just before, Carrey (actually his stunt double) drove a
yellow Crown Victoria into a barbershop window in an apparent fit of anger.
... and puts the 'eye' in Rhode Island
The cast and crew of "Me, Myself and Irene"
are getting a tour of New England. They've been camped out in Jamestown
since Tuesday, but yesterday afternoon traveled to Newport for a wedding
scene. Soon, the entire production moves to Burlington, Vt., for several
weeks of shooting. Although he greeted crew members after the shooting
yesterday, Carrey has been avoiding autograph sessions, fans say. On his
first day in town, though, he proved himself worthy of a Farrelly brothers
film by offering a group of children a surprise - some "eye boogers." No,
we don't know what they are, and we're really afraid to ask.
By Carol Beggy and Beth Carney, 05/14/99
CNN
Showbuzz, May 13, 1999
Jamestown, Rhode Island - Officer Jim
Carrey?
Probably not. But, maybe. Apparently,
"The Truman Show" star, currently shooting the comedy "Me, Myself and Irene,"
looked so authentic in his Rhode Island state police uniform that the state's
law enforcement was tempted to offer him a job. In the movie, directed
by "Dumb and Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary" helmsmen Bobby
and Peter Farrelly, Carrey plays a state trooper with two personalities,
both in love with the same woman. So the brothers consulted with the state
police to make sure Carrey - who sports a buzz cut, aviator sunglasses
and gray uniform -- looked like the real deal. "Their main concern was
getting the uniform right," Maj. Harold Watson said, adding that everything
about Carrey's costume "looks regulation." "If he decides to dump his movie
career, we'll sign him up."
Reuters/Variety,
May 13, 1999
Robert Forster, Oscar nominated for "Jackie
Brown," continues his resurgence with a plum role in the Peter and Bobby
Farrelly-directed "Me, Myself and Irene." Forster plays the police captain
boss of the split personality cop played by Jim Carrey.
Rhode
Island, May 11, 1999
Jim Carrey started filming his next film,
"Me, Myself and Irene" today in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The film, directed
by the Farrelly Brothers ("Dumb & Dumber," "There's Something About
Mary") is about a Rhode Island State Trooper who suffers from a split personality.
Things go awry when both personalities become interested in the same woman
- Irene (Renee Zellweger). The movie is said to shoot for approximately
two weeks in Rhode Island and then move to Vermont for about 10 weeks.
The Rhode Island locations being mentioned are Newport (May 13 and 14),
two or three days in Jamestown and at least four in Narragansett. "Me,
Myself and Irene" has a release date set for December of this year.
Reuters/Variety,
May 7, 1999
Traylor Howard has joined the cast of
"Me Myself and Irene," a split-personality comedy starring Jim Carrey and
Renee Zellweger. Howard will play Carrey's wife, who takes off with a limo
driver, prompting her husband's mental breakdown. Her previous credits
include MGM's "Dirty Work," and the indie "Confessions of a Sexist Pig."
She is on ABC's "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place."
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