These have not been easy times for Buddy the elf.
Will Ferrell He dressed up as Buddy, his beloved character from the Christmas classic Elf (2003), during an NHL game, which he attended dressed as Buddy, only with a very funny twist.
Ferrell attended the game between the LA Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 29. On the spot, The actor dressed as the always cheerful Buddy, only with a two-day beard, smoking a “cigarette”, drinking beer and looking frowning at the camera.
Later, Ferrell told reporter Gino Hard that he had been “a difficult holiday season”.
The images quickly went viral on social media and networks.
The original 2003 comedy, directed by Jon Favreau, starred Ferrell as a human raised alongside elves at the North Pole who travels to New York to meet his biological father, leading to many mischiefs. Ferrell said he remembered filming the movie, running around New York in yellow tights and thinking: “Wow, this could be the end.”
The film became a box office and critical hit, and established Ferrell as a movie star. Elf It had a budget of $33 million dollars, and a global box office of $220 million dollars.
After the success of the film, Ferrell was opposed to reprising his famous role for a sequel that had already been written, and for which he would have received a salary of $29 million. Ferrell declined to reprise his role as Buddy because of the repeated premise. In 2021, he explained to THR: “I would have had to promote the movie from an honest place, which would have been like, 'Oh no, it's not good. I just couldn't turn down that much money.' And I thought, 'Can I really say those words? I don't think I can,' So I guess I can't make the movie.'”.
More than twenty years later, Elf continues to maintain its status as a Christmas classic, and is one of the most viewed films of the holiday season.
Source: https://cine3.com/will-ferrell-se-disfraza-de-buddy-the-elf-nhl/
