You might not recognize Adam McKay if you saw a photo of him, but if you're older than 15, you've probably either quoted one of his movies or heard your frattiest uncle doing so at Thanksgiving. Two of his biggest hits, Anchorman and Step Brothers, solidified Will Ferrell's reputation as the comedian of the early 2000s and taught us all that milk is a bad choice.
Ferrell and McKay haven't worked together in quite a while. In a new Vanity Fair interview, McKay explained why, admitting that they actually aren't even on speaking terms right now and he doubts they will be anytime soon.
McKay is developing a show for HBO about the L.A. Lakers in the 1980s, and Ferrell was cast as franchise owner Jerry Buss. Then McKay pulled a switcheroo.
"The truth is, the way the show was always going to be done, it’s hyperrealistic," he said. "And Ferrell just doesn’t look like Jerry Buss, and he’s not that vibe of a Jerry Buss. And there were some people involved who were like, ‘We love Ferrell, he’s a genius, but we can’t see him doing it.’ It was a bit of a hard discussion."
McKay ended up casting John C. Reilly, who has also been a long-time collaborator with both McKay and Ferrell. He was the other stepbrother in Step Brothers for gosh sake! But McKay made the decision and didn't contact Ferrell directly about it.
"I should have called him and I didn’t," he said. "And Reilly did, of course, because Reilly, he’s a stand-up guy. … I f-cked up on how I handled that. It’s the old thing of keep your side of the street clean. I should have just done everything by the book."
They last spoke in 2019, splitting up their production company, Gloria Sanchez Productions.
"I said, ‘Well, I mean, we’re splitting up the company,'” he explained. "And he basically was like, ‘Yeah, we are,’ and basically was like, ‘Have a good life.’ And I’m like, ‘F-ck, Ferrell’s never going to talk to me again.’ So it ended not well."
McKay has tried to make up with Ferrell via email but hasn't heard back. He seems surprised by that.
"In my head, I was like, ‘We’ll let all this blow over,'" McKay said, but added that Ferrell "took it as a way deeper hurt than I ever imagined and I tried to reach out to him, and I reminded him of some slights that were thrown my way that were never apologized for."
Hmm that last sentence might reveal more than he intended about why he didn't hear back. An apology with a bunch of "but you did stuff, too" language thrown in rarely goes over well. Maybe this public admittance of having done wrong will thaw their relationship a bit and we'll finally get an Anchorman 3.
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‘Anchorman’ Director Explains Why He and Will Ferrell Fell Out
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