His vertical leap rivals Michael Jordan’s, and he can make spectacular midair catches, but Max McCarter will end up best known for holding his own with — and , maybe even stealing the show from — Jim Carrey in The Mask. Max plays Milo, Stanley Ipkiss’ intelligent and dependable sidekick who dons the mask to save Edge City from evil gangsters. His nose for criminal activity and dogged heroism should come as no surprise: Max is a pooch.
The proud new father of five month-old puppies by his longtime companion, Sadie, this Jack Russell terrier — the current showbiz breed of choice, featured in NBC’s series Frasier and this spring’s movie Clean Slate — has spent most of his 5 1/2 years (that’s 38 human years) in show business, because his owner, Joe McCarter, works as an animal trainer. Max got his start accompanying another working dog on sets before landing his first film role, as a space rat in Mom and Dad Save the World (1992).
By the time he arrived on the set of The Mask, Max had learned enough to match wits with master of improvisation Carrey. In one scene, while Carrey frantically stuffed money into a closet with a Frisbee, Max grabbed the Frisbee and sent the star sprawling into one of his characteristic pratfalls. The revised scene made the final cut.
Trainer Steve Berens claims Max was satisfied with his performance and enjoyed the film (he was even shepherded to the Hollywood premiere in a limousine). In fact, he had only one reservation: ”He thought some of the movie was a little too loud.”
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Fans love famous dogs, and Milo from 1994s The Mask is no exception. Sure, viewers also loved Cameron Diaz and Jim Carrey in the film, and the films true origins make it all the more interesting. But lets be clear: the doggie love in the movie was a big hit.
Milo saved the day more than once, first by helping his owner Stanley get out of jail, then by fighting some bad guys while wearing the Mask himself, and finally by snatching the mask out of the clutches of a bad dude, swimming away with it to do who knows what.
However, Max did appear in Mom and Dad Save the World in 1992, says IMDb, playing a space alien in disguise — just like another famous doggie. Then in 2000, Max played a female dog in Mr. Accident, in 2000.
In fact, IMDb erroneously suggests that Milo also appeared in Son of the Mask, but thats not the case. Multiple sources confirm that the sequels dog, named Otis, was played by Bear the Dog. Its true the dogs look alike, and the films trajectory involves the dog swimming into a river to find the Mask for a human owner once again.
But Max wasnt in the sequel, though the other dogs name is a nod to The Adventures of Milo and Otis.
His vertical leap rivals Michael Jordan’s, and he can make spectacular midair catches, but Max McCarter will end up best known for holding his own with — and , maybe even stealing the show from — Jim Carrey in The Mask. Max plays Milo, Stanley Ipkiss’ intelligent and dependable sidekick who dons the mask to save Edge City from evil gangsters. His nose for criminal activity and dogged heroism should come as no surprise: Max is a pooch.
The proud new father of five month-old puppies by his longtime companion, Sadie, this Jack Russell terrier — the current showbiz breed of choice, featured in NBC’s series Frasier and this spring’s movie Clean Slate — has spent most of his 5 1/2 years (that’s 38 human years) in show business, because his owner, Joe McCarter, works as an animal trainer. Max got his start accompanying another working dog on sets before landing his first film role, as a space rat in Mom and Dad Save the World (1992).
By the time he arrived on the set of The Mask, Max had learned enough to match wits with master of improvisation Carrey. In one scene, while Carrey frantically stuffed money into a closet with a Frisbee, Max grabbed the Frisbee and sent the star sprawling into one of his characteristic pratfalls. The revised scene made the final cut.
Trainer Steve Berens claims Max was satisfied with his performance and enjoyed the film (he was even shepherded to the Hollywood premiere in a limousine). In fact, he had only one reservation: ”He thought some of the movie was a little too loud.”
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