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George Shapiro also discusses these incidents in his interview for Judd Apatow's Sicker in the Head, saying that it was less Carrey's method acting at play than actual distaste for Lawler causing the trouble. According to Lawler, when they later filmed the scene in which he slapped Kaufman on Late Night with David Letterman, he slapped Carrey much harder than he ever slapped Andy as revenge (according to Lawler, his and Kaufman's kayfabe was always completely consensual and Kaufman never mistreated him when they broke character, whereas Carrey was just using his method acting as an excuse to bully him and get away with it). The altercation was broken up, and Carrey demanded that Lawler be fired and that his scenes be reshot he later relented. At one point, Carrey spit in Lawler's face and Lawler grabbed Carrey's neck. Carrey was so into his character that he constantly harassed Lawler off-camera. But Lawler has since revealed that the story was true. It was later reported the whole story was fabricated to promote the movie.

Hostility on the Set: During filming, it was widely reported that a fight ensued between Jerry Lawler and Jim Carrey.

Harpo Does Something Funny: According to Jim Ross, most of his wrestling commentary was ad-libbed.

Fake Nationality: The Canadian Jim Carrey as American Andy Kaufman.

Universal also got cold feet when they saw the behind the scenes footage of Carrey and refused to let most of it surface for nearly twenty years out of fear that they'd be sued for allowing him to "create a stressful work environment.".

This resulted in several missing trailer scenes (see below).

Universal was adamant the film come in under two hours, so several scenes were dropped or shortened.

Dyeing for Your Art: Jim Carrey first gained 15 pounds to downplay his slender frame (it's why his face is rounder here than in other films) later he lost that weight and a bit more and had his head shaved to more accurately portray Kaufman dying of cancer.

When it moved to other streaming services in 2022, it was restored to 2.35:1 it may not be a coincidence that this was in the wake of the 2K restoration Blu-Ray release. Digital Destruction: Netflix only streamed the film cropped to 1.85:1 from the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, even after it was one of several films cited by observers as being mistreated by the service and after Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond premiered there.Deleted Role: During an interview, Colin Mochrie revealed that he had a role, but his scenes were deleted from the final movie.Creator Killer: Because of the failure of this, Milo Forman would go on later go into hiatus before directing one final movie, Goya's Ghosts, before his death in April 2018.The World of Andy in many Spanish or Portuguese-speaking territories.