![]() ![]() Spicer secretly dresses up as a leprechaun, and pops back into dinner pretending to be Buddy, acting as weird and awkward as possible. Spicer, invites Buddy, Jovie, and Susie, over for a dinner party, which is the perfect chance for Buddy to prove that he’s normal. Gone are the 7000 daily calories of sugar, gone is the elf outfit, gone is the name “Buddy.” Instead, Buddy now wants to be called the most normal name in the world, “Brian.” This doesn’t have the intended effect as Buddy’s attempts at acting normal only make him weirder. One day, Susie comes home and yells at her father for not being “normal.” Buddy is so mortified and desperate for his daughter’s love that he researches what “normal” is and changes his entire life to fit into this new category. I mean, her dad *does* walk around in an elf outfit everywhere. It’s a shock for Susie but the more she thinks about it, the more sense it makes. The three become instant besties, which is the first time Susie’s told by someone that her dad is weird. Soon, Susie is going to school, making new friends, and that’s when she meets cool girls Jess and Jamie. Even though everyone thinks his stories are imaginative and creative, all Buddy’s doing is telling real stories from his childhood.ĭespite how much Buddy loves New York, the reality is that Susie’s getting older and it’s not the best place to raise children. Buddy has become a successful children’s book author, specializing in Christmas stories, of course. Buddy and Jovie are now married and they have a 10 year old daughter, Susie. So they hired Scot Armstrong, who’d written Ferrell’s breakout movie role (Frank the Tank in Old School), and this was the result.Įlf 2 takes place an indeterminate number years after the first one. The vibe I’m getting is that the studio had one shot to get Ferrell on board – a great script. You know when straight-shooter James Caan (who plays Buddy’s father in the movie) is the biggest cheerleader for your film, you’re in trouble. The main creatives behind the show simply didn’t like the movie. This might partially explain why, even though Ferrell was offered 29 million dollars to reprise his role, the movie never happened. Which is bizarre because Elf is a really good movie. And yet, even today, there seems to be this distance both parties have created between themselves and the movie. So when it became this giant hit, everyone was surprised. It was a ‘prove it’ role for both of them. No one really wanted to make it – both director Jon Favreau and Ferrell have publicly expressed their reservations about making the movie at the time. Elf 2 was written by Scot Armstrong (Old School, The Hangover 2).ĭetails: 119 pages – First Draft – July 29, 2005Įlf always seemed like a movie that everyone who participated in it endured, rather than enjoyed. He stated that, after reading the script, he felt like he’d be making the exact same movie, and didn’t feel like he could face the public if he did that. Ferrell talks about why he and longtime collaborator Adam McKay split up (McKay wanted to take over the world and Ferrell didn’t feel like he had the bandwidth to join him) as well as why he turned down Elf 2. Premise: Several years after becoming a viral sensation in New York City, Buddy and his wife decide to move to the suburbs to raise their daughter, where Buddy encounters an entirely new set of life obstacles.Ībout: Last night I read this Hollywood Reporter piece on Will Ferrell, who’s coming out with his first TV show, The Shrink Next Door. Will Ferrell turned down 29 million dollars to do Elf 2.
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