‘The Mask’ reboot might have a female lead
According to its creator, The Mask might have a reboot and it might star a female lead.
The creator of the 1994 movie starring Jim Carrey and founder of Dark Comics, Mike Richardson, has teased that the green-faced character could be making a return to the big screen and he already has an actress in mind to play the lead role.
“I’d like to see a really good physical comedian [in the role],” Richardson said in an interview ahead of the 25th anniversary of the franchise. “I have one in mind, but I’m not gonna say her name.”
“We have to do a lot of convincing for this particular actor, but we’ll see… You never know what’s coming in the future. We have some ideas.”
The Mask tells the story of Stanley Ipkiss, a bank clerk who is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. When he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoon romantic wild man.
According to NME, the movie earned mass critical acclaim when it was released in 1994 thanks to Carrey’s portrayal of The Mask, but the original interpretation of the Dark Horse comic book character was much darker – and Richardson would like to explore that in the potential reboot.
“I’d like it to be another character film about a person dealing with absolute power,” he explained. “The whole theme of The Mask was we all say what we would do if we had absolute power, just like Stanley Ipkiss.
“When we get absolute power, we often resort to the most petty of endeavours and it’s overcoming our human nature and using the power for good.”
