Though his new, star-packed film, "Don’t Look Up," has premiered and is ready to enter the exciting holiday film season, director Adam McKay has recently been reflecting on his old relationship with Will Ferrell.
The two paired for some of the biggest comedy hits of the last two decades, laugh riots like the “Anchorman” films, “Step Brothers,” and “Talladega Nights.”
Sadly, after 13 years of collaboration, the two had a falling out in 2019. Ferrell, 54, has been pretty mum on the subject, aside from a brief comment to The Hollywood Reporter in an October interview. McKay, 53, says he doesn’t even get emails from Ferrell anymore, but he has not hesitated talking about his ex-working partner.
Related
As People reports, recently, McKay did his own interview with The Hollywood Reporter, and in it he reflected on some very scary incidents during the making of both "Anchorman" films.
The story came up in response to the interviewer asking McKay his thoughts on the recent fatal shooting accident on the set of “Rust.”
“The Big Short” director declared that an accident like that is his "greatest single fear as a producer and a director."
He then described his own near-tragic accident on the “Anchorman 2” set.
"It was a scene where Ron Burgundy was going to hang himself,” McKay explained. “It was a silly joke. For a half a second, the rig didn't operate properly and there was actual tension on the rope, but then it gave way, and Will was OK. Thank God no one was hurt. We were sick about it for two days.”
And going back to the first "Anchorman," McKay told another harrowing tale involving the use of a live bear.
"The bear did a hint of a bluff charge for a second," McKay recalled. According to the National Park Service, a bluff charge is when a bear pulls itself up to look bigger, and it's meant to intimidate.
McKay continued, "From that moment on, I said, 'I will never put a live animal in a shot with an actor ever again.' So every time I do it, it's a composite shot because it's not worth it."
Related
McKay's new comedy, "Don't Look Up," debuts in select theaters on December 10 and Netflix on December 24.
LISTEN on the Audacy App
Sign up and follow Audacy
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram