The comedy legend co-writes a hallucinogenic sci-fi pseudo-memoir with Dana Vachon.
Its the end of the world as we know it, andJim Carreyisnt feeling fine.
The romance with aSurvivorcontestant-turned cable actress who reminds him of his mother?
Credit: David M. Benett/WireImage; Penguin Random House
His declining power as a box office draw?
Those flying saucers over Malibu?
Maybe a solid acting gig could fill the Oscar-shaped void in Carreys heart.
Did we mention the flying saucers?
Memoirs and Misinformation, out Tuesday, is not a typical tell-all.
Its difficult to describe what the book is, says the real Jim Carrey, 58.
We write about celebrity as a rig to talk about the human condition, he explains.
Yes, its about an apocalypse.
But its also about the apocalypse of the interior, of the ego.
What interiors, what egos!
There are twilight Brazilian jiujitsu fights at Nicolas Cages Bel-Air mansion.
At an oh-so-exclusive Carbon Beach spiritual retreat, Gwyneth Paltrow waxes poetic about beheading a pig fetus.
I hope they can see the joy in it, and the love in it.
In fairness, no one gets vivisected more vividly than Carrey himself.
The character clings to brighter yesterdays of his megastar heyday.
Its stunning and raw, more memoir than misinformation.
“But it is honest, and I hope its not too embarrassing for them.”
There were these amazing paintings, Vachon recalls.
A picture of Jim that had been slashed and stitched back together.
A painting of the fires in Malibu.
I saw a story.
A close friendship grew over all-hours Skype conversations and monthslong writing retreats.
Celebrity memoirs are not actually famous for being terribly truthful, says Vachon.
The result is a novel bound to trigger controversy.
You take these chances at being authentic with your creativity and your opinions about things, Carrey says.
The book explores how Hollywood can tame, control, punish noncompliant stars into development hell.
Is actual factual Carrey worried about corporate retribution?
Its always a possibility.
I dont think Im gonna affect the stock, you know?
The novels final act edges toward global disaster, an evocative mood in a year of pandemic and uprising.
Still, Carrey promises readers will experience joygasms, too.
It ends the world for you in the most absurdly amusing and wonderful way, he says.
And hes already pondering a persona-swapping movie adaptation ofMemoirs & Misinformation.
It would be a really extraordinary thing to see really famous actors playing other really famous actors.
Christian Bale playing Nicolas Cage.
Who would play Jim Carrey?
Ryan Gosling, he says.
So theres something to look forward to when the apocalypse ends.
