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Will FERRELL has created some of film’s most iconic characters in films such as ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY, ELF, STEP BROTHER’S, and STRANGER THAN FICTION to name a few.

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Recently, Ferrell was seen starring alongside Rachel McAdams in Gloria Sanchez’s most recent film, EUROVISION which premiered on Netflix summer 2020. The film follows two Icelandic singers who are given the chance to represent their country at the world-renowned Eurovision Song Contest. The film was directed by David Dobkin and written by Will Ferrell and Andrew Steele. Additionally, Ferrell was also seen starring opposite of Julia Louis Dreyfus in Searchlight Pictures DOWNHILL. We follow a married couple throughout the film who have been thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Currently, Ferrell is completing lensing on Apple TV+ and Gloria Sanchez’s TV series “The Shrink Next Door” directed by Michael Showalter and written by Georgia Pritchett. The show will be an eight-episode limited series starring Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Kathryn Hahn. The series, which is based on the No. 1 new podcast of 2019 by Wondery and Bloomberg Media will follow the bizarre relationship between a psychiatrist and his longtime patient. Ferrell will also serve as an executive producer on the series.

Ferrell is a graduate of the University of Southern California who became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, where he made his school’s daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices.. He started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improvisation group The Groundlings, where fellow cast members Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and former “Saturday Night Live” repertory players Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman began their careers. Prior to his time on “Saturday Night Live,” he appeared on several television programs, including “Strangers with Candy,” “Grace Under Fire,” and “Living Single” while still a member of The Groundlings. It was with there he met Chris Kattan and the two became good friends before joining “Saturday Night Live” in1995.

During his first season, Ferrell was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever. However, his talented impersonations and wide range of characters soon made him arguably the greatest “Saturday Night Live” cast member ever. Over his seven year run, Ferrell played George W. Bush and became one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy® for a “Saturday Night Live” performance. In 2002 he left “Saturday Night Live” and was the only cast member to ever receive a farewell from all the current cast members at the end of a season finale show.

Ferrell is widely considered a comedic genius with enormous box office power, starring in hits including: OLD SCHOOL, WEDDING CRASHERS, ZOOLANDER, TALLADEGA NIGHTS, DADDY’S HOME and many more.

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Steve Carell Says ‘Anchorman’s Adam McKay and Will Ferrell “are probably more responsible for my subsequent career than anybody”

Although I’m a bit wary that the marketing overkill for Anchorman 2 that has gone from viral to outbreak, I still can’t wait to see the sequel.  One of the main reasons why is because I absolutely loved the chemistry between the Channel Four news team in the first film:

Steve Carell Says ‘Anchorman’s Adam McKay and Will Ferrell “are probably more responsible for my subsequent career than anybody” Read More »

Steve Carell on Why the ‘Anchorman’ Team Works: “We’re very like-minded. We sort of have a shorthand with each other, too”

If you haven’t been able to tell from the Ron Burgundy overload on your television and computer, the sequel to the beloved 2004 comedy Anchorman is finally coming out this week.  Because star Will Ferrell isn’t much of a talker in real life, one of the members of Burgundy’s Channel

Steve Carell on Why the ‘Anchorman’ Team Works: “We’re very like-minded. We sort of have a shorthand with each other, too” Read More »

Will Ferrell on Collaborating with Other Comedians: “As much as we like to get laughs, it’s just so funny to see someone else execute a joke properly”

Will Ferrell has had a reputation for being a hard actor to approach in public, and was even named as the worst celebrity autographer in 2007 in Autograph magazine. But in an interview to promote his upcoming film The Campaign, Ferrell seems to suggest it isn’t him that lets people down — it’s their own expectations.

Will Ferrell on Collaborating with Other Comedians: “As much as we like to get laughs, it’s just so funny to see someone else execute a joke properly” Read More »

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