Date 06/06/2017 - News People
Jim Carrey's beloved fantasy comedy film 'The Mask' was originally intended to be a horror movie. Now, director Chuck Russell has revealed he had to battle bosses at New Line to let him make the film a comedy as opposed to the horror romp they had envisioned. Speaking to Xfinity about the 30th anniversary of his cult classic Freddy Krueger instalment 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors', Russell said: "It's a great example of really fighting for your vision in a film. Russell added: "By coincidence, I had seen the same original Mask comic they ended up buying, and I thought, 'That's really cool, but it's too derivative of Freddy Krueger.'
