Trivia / Yes-Man

• Actor Allusion:
  • Carl stretches out the word "reeeally" (with a slightly contorted face)... in Korean.
  • Terence Stamp heads the 'Yes' self-help organization. In Bowfinger he heads up Mindhead.
    • He also makes a mention to Carl to join a covenant.
• The Danza: Terence Stamp as self-help guru Terrence Bundley.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Rather than learn just enough for the relevant scenes, Jim Carrey actually learned how to play the guitar^note He remarked that learning basic chords was the hardest thing he'd ever done and declared this film would be the only time he'd ever play the instrument. Zooey Deschanel kept the one he used on screen., Korean, and had a DDR machine installed in his home so he could practice. That perfect game his character plays is genuine, rather than Jim pretending to play with a prepared graphic playing on the screen.
• Enforced Method Acting: The crowd watching Carl play DDR are genuinely admiring his performance. They had no idea that Jim Carrey could play well enough to gain a perfect score.
• Money, Dear Boy: Jim Carrey didn't take an up-front salary for this film, receiving 36.2% of the film's gross instead (it took in around $220 million from global box office sales).
• What Could Have Been: Jack Black was originally considered for the lead role.

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