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Will Ferrell Felt ‘So Embarrassed’ by His Real Name as a Kid


Will Ferrell recalled being ‘so embarrassed’ when teachers used to call him his birth name when he was a kid

Ferrell went on to say the “fourth grade Will would’ve been really into sports, very conscientious student,” adding, “But at an early age, [I was] still trying to make my friends laugh.” The film, released in July 2005, follows John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn), who attend strangers’ weddings as a method of picking up women. “At the end of the day, Christina just checked all the boxes,” Ferrell said of casting Applegate in Anchorman, noting that she was “funny, smart, tough,” allowing her character “to stand up to these doofuses, and she was the smartest person in the room.”

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