Don’t expect to see Jim Carrey walk the red carpet when Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Walls premieres in August. The actor took to Twitter to disassociate himself with the film, citing its stylized violence.

On Sunday, Carrey wrote, “I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence. My apologies to e.” (The “e” might be “everyone and he hit “send” too early.)

Then, he tried to explain himself further. He wrote, “I meant to say my apologies to others involve with the film. I am not ashamed of it but recent events have caused a change in my heart.”

Carrey, who officially joined the film in September, plays Colonel Stars and Stripes. The character uses a baseball bat and a dog to take down his enemies.

While Universal didn’t make an official comment, Mark Millar, who created the comic book that the film is based on, wrote a long response on his forum, saying that he was “baffled” by Carrey’s tweets.

“Jim is a passionate advocate of gun-control and I respect both his politics and his opinion, but I'm baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago,” Millar wrote. “Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin. A sequel to the picture that gave us HIT-GIRL was always going to have some blood on the floor and this should have been no shock to a guy who enjoyed the first movie so much. My books are very hardcore, but the movies are adapted for a more mainstream audience and if you loved the tone of the first picture you're going to eat this up with a big, giant spoon.”

Millar noted that Carrey’s character “is a Born-Again Christian and the big deal we made of the fact that he refuses to fire a gun is something he told us attracted him to the role in the first place.”

Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters on Aug. 16. It stars Chloe Moretz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Here’s the red-band trailer for the film:

image: Universal/image.net