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Will Ferrell admits his Elf co-star James Caan told him 'You're not funny' on the set... but after seeing the movie he thought the performance was 'brilliant'


More than 20 years after it hit theaters, Will Ferrell is opening up about the filming of one of his biggest hits: Elf.

The funnyman appeared on his Anchorman co-star Christina Applegate 's Messy podcast with Jamie Lynn Sigler, where he admitted Caan didn't think he was funny He added that Caan wouldn't fully come to appreciate Ferrell's work until he saw the finished film at the premiere. The film was Ferrell's first big movie after leaving Saturday Night Live, where he starred from 1995 to 2002, following a supporting turn in Old School.

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