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Carrey learned Korean for film role

Published Thursday, Dec 11 2008, 20:50 GMT | By Lara Martin
Carrey learned Korean for film role

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Jim Carrey has revealed that he learned to speak basic Korean in preparation for his latest movie role.

In Yes Man, Carrey plays a man who challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for a year, including Korean lessons.

"It took about four weeks of every day studying it phoentically," Contact Music quotes him as saying. "It was so difficult. It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.

"I had a Korean coach who literally was afraid to go back to Korea if I got it wrong. He's telling me, 'No, this is serious. I will be hurt'."

> Click here for our video coverage of the Yes Man premiere

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