My generation remembers him as Fire Marshall Bill. He’s done a few movies in which he wielded guns, both as a villain and a hero. Most recently, he took a starring role as a bad guy in Kick-Ass 2. On the eve of its release, he claims he can’t support it because of the “level of violence.”
I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence. My apologies to e
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 23, 2013
He’s made his disdain for the gun culture known before. Following the Sandy Hook tragedy, he went on a surreal and extended tirade against the gun culture. He released a truly tactless and insulting video, then claimed that gun owners had “very little left in their heart and soul worth protecting.” At least he’s sticking to a consistent ideology.
Of course, one wonders if those principles of his will prevent him from cashing the checks he gets for his role.