Article: WHEN JIM CARREY GOT OUT, LUKE WILSON JUMPED INTO 'POOLE'.(LA.COM)

Byline: Evan Henerson

Staff Writer

Mark Pellington figures he owes Jim Carrey a thank-you note, for services largely un-rendered on the film "Henry Poole Is Here."

And Luke Wilson might consider adding his signature to whatever Pellington sends. Carrey's departure from the Pellington-directed "Henry Poole" -- which opened in limited release Friday -- left Wilson, 37, with the meatiest dramatic role of his career.

Poole, who is in every scene of the film that bears his name, moves into the quiet Southern California neighborhood of his boyhood with the intention of embracing his inner hermit and drinking himself largely into oblivion.

His neighbors don't ...

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