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Will Ferrell in the role of Buddy Hobbs: "I should have promoted the film in an honest way"
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"Buddy - The Christmas Elf" is one of the top-selling comedies of the millennia, with actor Will Ferrell in the lead role.
The Christmas comedy grossed $ 220 million at the box office in 2003.
After that, a sequel was actually planned.
Ferrell would have received a fee of 29 million US dollars for this.
The actor decided against it anyway.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter film portal, Ferrell explained why: “I should have promoted the film in an honest way, using words like: It [the film] is not good.
I just couldn't refuse that much money. ”The decision was not difficult for him.
“I thought, 'Can I really say these words?
I don't think I can do that.
So I guess I can't do the film.
Instead, other comedies such as "Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Ricky Bobby - King of Racing Drivers" followed.
For "Anchorman" Ferrell wrote the script for a sequel, as he says in the interview, "which was worth it".
In a conversation with the British newspaper "The Guardian", Ferrell announced in 2006 that he had discarded a sequel to the comedy "Buddy - The Christmas Elf" despite millions in pay.
Even then, Ferrell made it known that he "didn't like" the idea of a sequel: "$ 29 million seems like a lot of money for a guy who wears tights," Ferrell said.
"But that's what the market has to offer." The film studios made it difficult to say no.
"It's crazy, but it's not my choice."
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