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True Detective returned to our screens last weekend with a brand new cast – including a few faces you wouldn't expect to see in a gritty crime drama. After helping reinvent Matthew McConaughey as a serious artist after years of subpar rom-coms, fellow romcom mainstays Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn will be hoping some of that dark and dreary TD magic leads to a few Emmys and Oscars on their mantelpieces.

That got us to thinking: after McConaughey, McAdams and Vaughn, who can the team behind True Detective reinvent next? Here are a couple of suggestions – let's make it happen, Nic Pizzolatto.

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Jim Carrey

Alright, so everyone's favourite rubber-faced Canadian has already had a stab at serious acting before (with mixed results: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was brilliant while The Number 23…well, wasn't) but we've got an idea that'll cement Carrey's reputation forever…

The role:

5 words: Ace Ventura: True Pet Detective.

The idea is simple: Carrey returns to the role of Ace Ventura after 20 years. However, Ace isn't the Hawaiian shirt-loving funster we once knew; 20 years of grizzly pet detective work has turned him into a drunk Nietzsche-quoting nihilist who hates animals. But when a shadowy cult starts kidnapping dogs, our hero has to return to the field for one last job…

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Rob Schneider

According to IMDB, Rob Schneider's last appeared on our screens in Back to the Jurassic, an animated dinosaur film also starring Melanie Griffith and a couple of the Baldwin brothers who aren't Alec.

In short, things aren't what they used to be in Schneider land…but we think we've got just the role for him"¦

The role:

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (Who is Actually A True Detective) sees Schneider return to his most famous role. Except this time, Deuce is working Vice for the LAPD. Watch the viewing figures go through the roof!

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Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons is best known as Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, a scientist who struggles to interact with other people and has a ridiculously high opinion of himself. Sounds like the beginning of a baddie to us"¦

The role:

In The Big Bang True Detective Theory, Parsons stars as a mad scientist who conducts experiments on pretty young actresses. It's up to the bloke who plays Leonard to track him down –  but will a chronic addiction to videogames and comic books hinder his investigation?

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Russell Brand

The comedian-turned-protester recently turned his back on politics, which means he's all freed up to take on new roles. Perhaps something a little darker than usual might appeal"¦

The role: Given Russell's penchant for fancy clothes and floral language, Truey Detectivey: What's In The Booky Wook? will follow Russell as he works to solve a series of murders in Victorian London. Noel Fielding co-stars as his uncharacteristically pessimistic sidekick.

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Which comedy actors would you like to see get a dark reinvention next? Let us know in the comments.

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