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Will Ferrell Admits He Worried One of His Most Successful Movies Would Bomb · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: When the weather finally starts cooling down again and the
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Speaker 2: holiday season arrives, it's a safe bet that Will Ferrell's
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Speaker 2: two thousand and three Christmas comedy classic Elf will be
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Speaker 2: replayed on countless TV sets across the country. But We'll
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Speaker 2: just confessed on the Messy Podcast he was far from
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Speaker 2: confident the film would even be successful when he was
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Speaker 2: shooting it, playing Buddy the Elf, saying, I remember having
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Speaker 2: my chin in my hand, looking at myself in the
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Speaker 2: Elf costume in the mirror, going oh boy, buddy, this
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Speaker 2: better work. This could be your last movie. I hope
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Speaker 2: it does. This is either going to really work or
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Speaker 2: it's going to be disastrous. But I knew it definitely
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Speaker 2: wasn't going to work. Without committing fully to being a
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Speaker 2: fish out of water. Will Farrell there, thankfully, willing for everybody.
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Speaker 2: Elf became the movie it is today. Will was currently
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Speaker 2: back in Despicable Me for which is in theaters now.
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