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Kick-Ass 2 Pursuing Jim Carrey

Actor Jim Carrey arrives at the MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios, in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)
Actor Jim Carrey arrives at the MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios, in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: VALERIE MACON/2011 AFP

Kick-Ass 2, already set to feature the whole old gang as well as John Leguizamo, is hoping to score Jim Carrey. He’d play the Colonel, a flashy fellow who helps get the ragtag crime-fighting band back together. Carrey’s history playing comic book characters — or otherwise animation-originated characters — is lengthy: Batman Forever’s Riddler, the Mask, the Grinch, the titular voice in Horton Hears a Who. He also dressed as Kick-Ass himself onstage with Conan O’Brien once. Give it some thought, Jim.

Kick-Ass 2 Pursuing Jim Carrey