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Originally Posted by CrazyCowboyDion
Because nobody else does it like he does. Without him there could be no "The Office", and that, McFly, is a world that none of us want to live in.   |
Plus, they pretty much planned this film years ago, and they decided they wanted him. Or at least that's how the story goes. I think he's too widespread, and he's been in a bunch of hit (40 Year old Virgen) or Miss (Evan Almighty- the latest in a long line of Jim Carrey less Jim Carrey films). But I do like him. He has so much buzz around him that he keeps getting film treatments sent to his door.
But deep down, I think NO ONE ELSE could have played Maxwell Smart. not Tom Hank. Not Jim Carrey (both WERE considered at one point). Only someone who could give an impossibly straight face could work the role.
Otherwise, you'd have a Naked Gun knockoff. Leslie Neilsen does play things with a straight face, but can act pretty goofy at the same time.