True-Blue Carrey Fans Brave Cold for a Glimpse

The only people who got to see Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick on the set of their new movie Tuesday night wore either mail and armor or very warm coats.

Dozens of fans began gathering on Beach Boulevard across from the Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament castle about 7:30 p.m., when exterior scenes for “The Cable Guy” were scheduled to be shot.

Some fans maintained their vigil despite plummeting temperatures and word that the shot would be postponed until 1 a.m.

“I would wait until then to see Jim Carrey,” said 11-year-old Mark Ahrens of Westminster. “But my dad won’t let me because I have to be in bed by 9.”

Only a handful of spectators still were there when the scene was finally shot at 3:30 a.m., said David Manuel, publicist for Medieval Times.

“We only had one guy who was there from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. when they wrapped,” said a weary Manuel, who oversaw the transformation of the castle to a movie set.

The rest of the filming was done inside, and the part-time actors, largely students who regularly joust and parry as knights and squires for the restaurant, got a break. Furloughed for the two weeks that the movie crew took over the castle, most were hired as extras.

The movie, to be released in June, features Carrey as a nutty cable-TV installer who brings a businessman, portrayed by Broderick, to Medieval Times for a night on the town.

The film crew added a moat and drawbridge to the castle for special effect, along with a neon sign that the restaurant hopes to keep.

“It was very much fun,” Manuel said of the shoot. “All of our people enjoyed it. We have a lot of people who might have a hand or a foot or even a face in the movie.”