Interviews
•
The makers of 'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard' discuss the finer points of casting sympathetic bigots, dressing up Will Ferrell as Abraham Lincoln and turning James Brolin into a gay sexual predator.
•
What other A-list comedy team would walk into interviews bearing a gigantic bowl of salad to share with journalists? That would be Stepbrothers stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly and director Adam McKay (reuniting from Talladega Nights), who magnanimously offered the chilled bowl of leafy greens to reporters.
•
If you think getting a straight answer out of a politician is hard, try getting one out of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Coming straight out of a scene of their new movie Step Brothers the two stars had a hard time keeping the improv out of the conversation, but they tried really hard.
•
Adam McKay’s latest comedy Step Brothers is all “sitting and talking” and the director couldn’t be happier. Scaling back from big-budget movie sets and car crashes, McKay is opting to focus on hilarious dialogue instead. With Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly signed on to play Brennan and Dale, McKay recruited Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen to play their parents Robert and Nancy. We caught up with McKay, Jenkins and Steenburgen to get the scoop on the story, their characters and more.
•
Rick Bobby talks about Baby Jesus and NASCAR.
•
Will Ferrell has a knack for playing successful but egomaniacal blowhards—his latest character, Talladega Nights’ NASCAR racer Ricky Bobby makes Anchorman’s Ron Burgandy look positively humble. So after all his success in big screen comedies, we’re starting to wonder: have his Hollywood triumphs gone to the funnyman’s head, too?