Will Ferrell said that his on-screen dad, James Caan, told him 'You're not funny' while they filmed 'Elf' together.
actor had some harsh words when they played father and son in the 2003 Christmas classic."James Caan — may he rest in peace, and we had such a good time working on that movie — he would tease me," Ferrell said."We’d be in between setups, he was like, 'I don’t get you. You’re not funny. You’re not funny.' And I’m like, 'I know! I’m not Robin Williams.
The actor also noted that the film originally intended for Caan’s grumpy father character to become more visibly angry. "It was scripted a little more that he would get more frustrated and lose his temper with me, and he didn’t wanna do any of that," Ferrell said of his costar. "He wanted to save it til that moment in the boardroom where he kicks me out and kicks me out of this life, like, 'No, it’s gotta be this slow build.' And he was totally right.
Ultimately, Caan came around on Ferrell’s performance style once he saw the completed film. "We were walking out of the theater at the premiere, and we walk out together, and he was like — I take it as like the best compliment, cuz he’s coming from James Caan — he’s like, 'I gotta tell you, I thought everything you were doing while we were filming was way too over-the-top. Now that I see it in the movie, it’s brilliant,'" Ferrell remembered.
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