“Hes truly annoyed with me.
Like, ‘Will this guy shut the f— up?'”
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James Caan and Will Ferrell in ‘Elf’.New Line/ Everett
“Wed be in between setups, he was like, ‘I dont get you.
Youre not funny.’
And Im like, ‘I know!
Will Ferrell and James Caan.James Devaney/WireImage
Im not Robin Williams.’
Hes like, ‘People ask me, “Is he funny?”
And Im like, “No, hes not funny!”
It was all with love.”
“I love that the whole time, hes not acting,” Ferrell opined.
“Hes truly annoyed with me.
Like, ‘Will this guy shut the f— up?
So I literally drove him crazy in that movie, just acting like that kid.”
The actor also noted that the film originally intended for Caans grumpy father character to become more visibly angry.
And he was totally right.
He had plotted where his performance was gonna go."
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Ultimately, Caan came around on Ferrells performance style once he saw the completed film.
Now that I see it in the movie, its brilliant,'" Ferrell remembered.
“That was so funny, hes walking out, shaking his head, going like, ‘Great job.
I thought you were way too over the top.
But no, its brilliant.'”
This could be your last movie,'" he recalled.
Listen to the full conversation between Ferrell, Applegate, and Sigler above.
