Jim Carrey Once Called Working With Morgan Freeman Uncomfortable in ‘Bruce Almighty’

Actor Jim Carrey collaborated with Morgan Freeman for the first time in the hit movie Bruce Almighty . Although Carrey enjoyed working with his co-star, Freeman’s intensity took some getting used to. Jim Carrey’s experience working with Morgan Freeman Bruce Almighty was one of Carrey’s most successful projects.

The 2003 comedy famously saw Carrey playing a down on his luck news anchor who’d inherit the powers of God. Freeman ended up being cast as God in the flick, pairing him and Carrey together for the first time. In a resurfaced interview with BBC , Carrey quipped that working with Freeman was as much of a delight as it was intimidating.

“Morgan Freeman is so class. Man, he’s so cool and..

. kind of scary. He terrified Tom [Shadyac, the director] – it was hilarious.

Tom didn’t know what to do with Morgan. The first day I met Morgan, I walk up to him, shake his hand and say, ‘Hi Morgan, this is so great, I’m so glad you’re doing this movie.’ And he says, ‘Nice to meet you too.

Now, never touch me again.’ He’s just got that way about him. He’s like this laser that goes right to your soul,” Carrey said.

But Carrey felt that being afraid of The Shawshank Redemption star was something all actors should’ve had in common. “He raked Tom over the coals something awful through this whole movie – you knew he was joking, but it was still so uncomfortable. To me he’s one of those guys that every actor is afraid of, because you walk on screen wit.