That's not how Ferrell heard it exactly; he heard it from John C. Reilly after they offered him the part. McKay says it was a stand-up move on Reilly's part and that he fucked it up.
Adam McKay Opens Up About Split With Will Ferrell, States "I Fucked Up,"
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I completely disagree. He's exactly like Sandler, playing the exact same character in every one of his movies. His only style of comedy seems to be making crass sexual jokes, screaming at the top of his lungs and running around acting like a 5 year old.
Talladega Knights, Semi Pro, Step Brothers, Blades of Glory just the same shit over and over again and none of it was funny. Even as a teen I couldn't stand him.
His work in The Therapist Next Door so far is really great. Not a movie, but still.
Thanks! Almost makes Mckay seems worse actually; Reilly at least had the courage to tell Farrell and risk the friendship
I agree. It seems pretty cowardly to be like "I'll just let Will's friend bear the burden of breaking the news that I fired him."
It is indeed shitty to not personally reach out to someone you're allegedly close to about a role you're swiping from them. It kind of puts Reilly in an awkward spot for the three of them.
That said, I think McKay's best work is still ahead of him which is way more than I can say for Farrell whose shtick is way, way past its prime.
That said, I think McKay's best work is still ahead of him which is way more than I can say for Farrell whose shtick is way, way past its prime.
These movies beg to differ; Anchorman, Other Guys, Zoolander, Lego movie, Elf
That's because John C Reilly knows not to fuck his friends.
When it comes to friendship, he's never been afraid to tackle the hard questions..
It's between them. If they work it out, cool. If they don't, learn from it at least.
Any additional commentary is just childish gossip.
Any additional commentary is just childish gossip.
I think Stranger than Fiction was pretty good!
Also that came out 15 years ago.
Will Farrell is tremendous in The Therapist Next Door. I don't love the show because I'm not a big fan of watching a nice guy get taken advantage of, but the acting by Farrell and Rudd is great. They feel like real characters.
On topic, didn't realize Gary Sanchez broke up. Step Brothers is one of my all-time favorite movies.
He was thinking "let's talk about you, ok that's enough you, let's discuss me. This whole thing where I screwed you was hard for you, but me, me is the real story. Whatabout that time you ate my fries? What about my pain? "
Stranger Than Fiction is incredible and Ferrell is terrific in it. Maybe not quite Uncut Gems, but still a very non-typical Ferrell performance in a really good movie.
Ferrell's comedy output is substantially better than Sandler's. Like, if Sandler's career in comedy had stopped at Big Daddy there might be a convo here but Ferrell's average movie is way better than Sandler's average movie.
I dislike McKay's brand of satire so I kinda lost interest for both guys since they parted ways.
Eh it's cool for him to be open about it. That said it's between them. Not everything is supposed to last forever. Will wanted to be more hands on with everything and Mckay was just moving towards more dramatic shit generally and having his hand in a lot of pies. Hope they reunite and maybe some time apart is good for them. Great team together but they can always work together later.
I mean they had a legendary run - sucks it ended this way and I hope they reconcile but I'm happy with what we got
Which I imagine, if Ferrell was given a truth serum, is something that has to sting heavily about the whole situation.
It's clear Ferrell wanted to do some serious work and McKay was too. And was even using comedic actors like Carrell to do it…but sort of shunned Ferrell. Who was a friend and kind of the reason McKay even had the opportunities to branch out that he did.
Quite trashy to dish his side of the story and be all like, I keep emailing him but he won't respond. Guess I'm the jerk! Like, yes, you were and still are the jerk!
McKay is an incredibly mediocre director. Vice is an awful film which only works at all because Christian Bale and to a lesser extent Amy Adam's do fantastic work in it
The Big Short meanwhile is fine, barely, but it's far too caught up in its own shtick. A movie which is way too impressed by itself.
The rise of Adam McKay "serious director" is proof that Hollywood cares way more about movies having "important" subject matter than it does about quality or those movies actually having anything to say.
McKays best work is still his work with Ferrell, by a pretty significant margin.
For what it's worth also, Ferrell has done strong dramatic work on several occasions. He's terrific in Stranger Than Fiction and again in Everything Must Go. It's a shame he's had such a struggle finding strong scripts in recent years.
The Big Short meanwhile is fine, barely, but it's far too caught up in its own shtick. A movie which is way too impressed by itself.
The rise of Adam McKay "serious director" is proof that Hollywood cares way more about movies having "important" subject matter than it does about quality or those movies actually having anything to say.
McKays best work is still his work with Ferrell, by a pretty significant margin.
For what it's worth also, Ferrell has done strong dramatic work on several occasions. He's terrific in Stranger Than Fiction and again in Everything Must Go. It's a shame he's had such a struggle finding strong scripts in recent years.
Stranger Than Fiction was definitely a breakout dramatic role for him, but like Sandler, he knew that the big money was going to be with his comedies. He chose not to go that route, he definitely could have segued into it if he wanted to after that.
Yea that guy doesn't know what he's talking about. He's great in The Shrink Next Door as well.
Step Brothers and Talledega Nights are two of the best comedies ever so I was really sad to see them break up.
I find serious Adam McKay to be pretty underwhelming, so I'm sad to read it appears he's planning on sticking to that path.
I find serious Adam McKay to be pretty underwhelming, so I'm sad to read it appears he's planning on sticking to that path.
I always thought Will was also great in everything must go. Underrated movie.
I was gonna say less moron and more asshole.
He was well aware of how Ferrel would feel hence why he went behind his back in the first place, and a real friend would actually have the respect to at least be honest with him to his face. But what makes it all even worse is that when he was confronted with something he did that he himself KNEW was shitty, he turned it around to make Ferrel feel bad. Total manipulative, gas lighting shit right there. Even if Will was going to be upset, at least give him the opportunity to say he how felt rather than speak for him. And even now McKay deflects and blames it on the business when he very well has the ability to make that change within the business himself.
Was that accidental or were you trying to quote TLC on purpose?
McKay comes out of this looking like a terrible friend and a shoddy businessman. I feel bad for Will.
Can't wait for them to inevitably reunite. Gary Sanchez might be dead, but The Magic Man and El Diablo Productions will live in its stead.
oooof...the "I'm Sorry for what happened....BUT....." apology never goes over well!
So this was originally going to be Michael Shannon then they replaced him with John C Reilly even though Will Ferrell wanted the role? He probably thought Farrell would be remind people too much of Ron Burgundy but damnit it would have been great.
McKay's movies have always been carried by the cast, his directing is pretty flat and sterile imo. There's no energy to his filmmaking unless he's just letting actors like Bale, Gosling, or Ferrell cut loose
That's a republican ass apology right there. "Actually you are the asshole"
To me he sounds desperate, like he's trying to get the attention of Will and maybe have a chance of reconciliation. The only thing I can think of.
I loved Vice and Big Short so Im glad McKay is making films. They are subtler comedies.
Personally, I think Ferrell would have held McKay back in a lot of ways. Ferrell is so over the top that the movie is literally Ferrel and just him yelling. Which is fine, I like Ferrell but I am glad McKay can do other projects too.
Yep. Same.
Personally, I think Ferrell would have held McKay back in a lot of ways. Ferrell is so over the top that the movie is literally Ferrel and just him yelling. Which is fine, I like Ferrell but I am glad McKay can do other projects too.
Yep. Same.