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‘Jim Carrey told me to “go all the way” with the laxative toilet scene’: Jeff Daniels on Dumb and Dumber


‘I was sitting next to my parents at a preview. When we got to the toilet scene, my father put his head in his hands and said, “No, Jeffrey …”’

I was sat next to my parents and when we got to the toilet scene, my father hung his head in his hands and said: “No, Jeffrey …” Meanwhile 5,000 people fell out of their chairs laughing. Ace Ventura was a surprise hit, and to have him attached to our low-budget movie catapulted us into a higher stratosphere. In the final scene, a bus-full of girls on a national bikini tour offer Harry and Lloyd jobs as oil boys.

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