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Liar Liar star Justin Cooper reveals the bizarre letters prisoners sent him as a kid
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1997 American film by Tom Shadyac
Liar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac and written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. It stars Jim Carrey as a lawyer who is cursed to speak only the truth for a day. He struggles to maintain his career and to reconcile with his ex-wife and son whom he alienated with his pathological lying. It was the second of three collaborations between Carrey and Shadyac, after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and before Bruce Almighty (2003).
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Cooper, now 37, played Jim Carrey’s son in the iconic ’90s comedy.
Liar Liar star Justin Cooper recalled in a recent podcast interview that after rising to childhood fame, he started getting fan mail from 'people in jail.'
Justin Cooper has revealed the disturbing side of becoming famous as a child saying prisoners sent him fan letters describing him as a cute kid after he found fame alongside Jim Carrey in Liar Liar.