Jim Carrey said he came out of retirement because he ‘needs money’. He’s the latest A-lister to open up about taking roles to shore up their finances.

• Jim Carrey told the Associated Press that he got out of acting as a retiree because he needed money.

• He stars in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” two years after announcing his retirement.

• Al Pacino, Hugh Grant, Nicolas Cage and Harrison Ford have also said they took roles for money.

Jim Carrey said he came back from retirement because he needed the money.

Carrey announced in 2022 that he would retire after the release of “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” in which he played the villain Dr. Robotics.

In an interview with Get access to Hollywood in April 2022, Carey said, “If the angels bring some kind of script that’s written in gold ink that tells me it’s going to be really important for people to see, I can continue down the road, but I’ll take a break.”

That break was short-lived. Less than two years later, Black confirmed in February that Carrey was coming out of retirement to star in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.”

In the film, which premieres on December 20, Carrey plays Dr. Robotnik and his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik.

Speaking to The Associated Press at the London premiere of “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” on Tuesday, Carrey said, “I came back to this universe because I’m going to play a genius first and foremost, which is a bit of a stretch. And I just bought a lot of stuff and I need the money, honestly.”

Carrey’s salary for the previous two films is not publicly known, but “Sonic the Hedgehog” and its sequel were surprise box office successes — a rare occurrence for video game adaptations. The first film grossed $319 million, and the sequel grossed $405 million at the box office.

In February 2023, Carrey also set one Los Angeles home he has owned for 30 years for sale. The mansion was originally listed for $29 million, but after nearly two years on the market, the price has now been slashed to $19.75 million.

Hugh Grant, Nicolas CageAmanda Seyfried and Harrison Ford are A-list celebrities who have all said they took roles for financial reasons.

In his memoirs”Sonny Boy,” released in October, Al Pacino wrote that he quit acting in the mid-1980s because he felt “creatively drained,” but returned to the business after running out of money.

“I looked up and I had no money,” Pacino wrote. “I had about ninety grand in my back and that was it.”

With encouragement from Diane Keaton, his co-star in “The Godfather” and then the boyfriend, Pacino got a role in the 1989 movie “Sea of ​​Love”.

Later in the memoir, Pacino wrote that he broke again in 2011 due to overconsumption.

“There’s almost nothing worse for a famous person — there’s being dead, and then there’s being broke,” Pacino wrote.

This time, Pacino sold a house, did commercials and accepted a role in the 2011 Adam Sandler film “Jack and Jill” to become financially stable again.

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