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The Amazing Way Will Ferrell Turned A Big Critic’s Diss Into Motivation And Comedy · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Will Farrell is arguably
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  Speaker 1: the most successful comedic movie star of the last two decades,
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  Speaker 1: but that wasn't always the case. The director of the
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  Speaker 1: oh three classic Old School had to fight studio execs
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  Speaker 1: to cast Will in his supporting breakout role as Frank
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  Speaker 1: the Tank, and well before that, he had to win
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  Speaker 1: over fans and critics alike in his first season of SNL,
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  Speaker 1: which wasn't easy. In fact, right away a prominent critic
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  Speaker 1: labeled him the most Annoying Newcomer, but rather than shy
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  Speaker 1: away from the title, Will embraced it. He had a
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  Speaker 1: placard made that literally read most Annoying Newcomer and I'll
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  Speaker 1: get on its office door. Will tell us the Hollywood Reporter,
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  Speaker 1: you have a choice of stuff like that, to read
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  Speaker 1: it and believe it or just laugh at it, but
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  Speaker 1: also kind of dig in and go, oh, you hate me.
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  Speaker 1: You haven't even begun to hate me. And that's my
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  Speaker 1: competitive side, he says Will's boss on s n L Lawn,
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  Speaker 1: Michael's always believed in him from the start, adding that
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  Speaker 1: he never ranks the show stars, but Will is definitely
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  Speaker 1: in his top three of old Time. His new limited series,
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  Speaker 1: The Shrink next Door, arrives on Apple TV Plus this Friday.
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