Ron Howard’s live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas reaches its 25-year milestone with a celebration of the iconic Seuss storybook character . In an oral history published by Vulture , Howard and Jim Carrey, alongside the Universal Pictures production creative team, revealed the Mt. Krumpit-sized challenges they faced to be true to the Mean One’s spirit.

Carrey’s casting came after he earned the approval of Theodore Geisel’s widow, Audrey. “I met with Audrey and told her how much Dr. Seuss meant to me growing up and how important it was to pay homage to that. Suddenly, I ended up doing the Grinch for her across the table, actually doing the face. I didn’t have any makeup on. I just gave her one of those, ‘I musst find a way to stop Christmas from coming,'” Carrey recalled th

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