How tough was it to play loads of different roles in “A Christmas Carol”?
JIM CARREY: The wonderful thing about this digital process is that I can be cast in roles that I would never be cast in. If I have it in my soul to play a character, it doesn´t matter what my face looks like, or my age. I find that really liberating. It was a huge challenge to play all these different characters, but that´s what made the movie fun for me. I wanted to give each character a distinctly different accent from the U.K., which was another challenge for me. However, it was a challenge I was looking forward to working on. Why did you decide to give Jim Carrey so many characters to play in the movie? ROBERT ZEMECKIS: We had the ability for the same actor to play different ages, so we went for it. It made perfect sense to us. Plus, I always thought the ghosts in “A Christmas Carol” were extensions of Scrooge’s alter egos. When we took the idea to Jim, he loved it. He´s always got a lot of characters in his head, so he might as well put them out there. How did you decide on the di
