Sometimes it's show business, not show friends. Adam McKay and Will Ferrell had one of the most fruitful working relationships of the early 2000s. They collaborated wonderfully, producing comedies, writing, directing, and leaving their mark on Hollywood. Perhaps their most successful collaboration was Anchorman, whose endlessly quotable lines still dominate memory today. But the two actually stepped away from a production company they had together. Now we're hearing the story from behind the scenes. In a new Vanity Fair profile, McKay opened up about a friendship that's on the rocks. While the rumor was that McKay wanted to produce more projects than Ferrell was comfortable engaging with, McKay said that was only the start of it. It came down to the casting of McKay's Los Angeles Lakers TV show, Showtime. Ferrell wanted to play Jerry Buss, but McKay had other ideas. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 30 November, 2021