Jim Carrey shot his scenes as Colonel Stars and Stripes in Kick Ass 2 last year, but has since announced that he won’t promote the film ahead of its August release because he’s not really feeling the violence in the film – especially since the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy.
He announced this via his Twitter page (where else?) on Sunday; Universal Pictures hasn’t responded, but they probably wont.
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
I meant to say my apologies to others involve with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart.
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 23, 2013
Well, can’t argue with that. I mean, I don’t really correlate the two – movie violence and real-life violence – but I can see where he’s coming from and respect that. Below is the trailer for Kick Ass 2 – what do you think?
stunt.
You know who he kind of looks like in that top picture? I think he looks like Abercrombie & Fiitch CEO with a mask on.