Jim Carrey Did Bungee Jumping !

Actor Jim Carrey bravely bungee jumped off a bridge over a canyon for his new film.The star decided to perform his own stunt and even managed to stay in character to make a scripted phone call despite hanging upside down on a rope.He was filming Yes Man, in which his character has to say yes to everything - including, presumably, a bungee jump over the Arroyo Seco in California.As he was hauled up to the bridge he smiled in relief and told waiting photographers: "This is what you've got to do to compete with Britney Spears."

The actor, 46, told a US website that the scene comes when "my girlfriend tells me to jump off a bridge".Insurance premiums for a lead actor doing their own stunts are prohibitive, but producers got round this by doing it after filming had technically ended. "This is about the most dangerous thing I've done as a stunt," said the actor.Yes Man is based on the 2005 memoir by Danny Wallace.