EW.
08.26.08
Jim Carrey released a new still from I Love You Phillip Morris, which is apparently some kind of prison rape comedy.
“I Love You Phillip Morris” tells the story of Steven Russell (Jim Carrey), a married conman who found himself in a Texan prison where he fell in love with Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). Steven Russell tried to escape from prison four times, coming up with more and more elaborate plans, including once faking his own death. Morris was eventually released but Russell landed over a hundred years behind bars because of his escape attempts. The script was written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa from a book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker.
So… this guy goes to jail and falls in love with someone whose name just happens to be the same as a tobacco conglomerate? Seems like you’d want to rename him for the movie so people don’t confuse it for social commentary. Like that documentary, Pound My Man-Butt, RJR Nabisco. Least I think it was a documentary. Either way, it was pretty hot.

‘I love you Altria’ sounded too ethnic