Most people strive to avoid awkward situations. Actors, especially comic actors, embrace them, for inside every cringe-worthy moment in life there are priceless nuggets of comedy gold to be mined. Few actors know this better than Will Ferrell, who throughout his blockbuster career has proved among the best in his field at finding the humor in humiliation. As Ferrell’s latest comedy, The Other Guys, arrives in theaters, let’s take the opportunity to relive some of his most gleefully uncomfortable movie moments:
Anchorman — Erection in the Workplace
Honestly, who wouldn’t be excited to score a date with Christina Applegate? (Clip NSFW)
Old School — Goin’ Streaking
Legend has it Ferrell was quite the serial streaker during his days as an undergrad at USC, which might explain why he seems so oddly at ease during this sequence (Clip NSFW):
Night at the Roxbury — The Entire Movie
Sometimes discomfort doesn’t lead to comedy … just more discomfort. This is a film that should never have been contemplated, much less produced:
Talladega Nights — Frenching the Frenchman
Ferrell and co-star Sacha Baron Cohen weren’t satisfied with merely a light, fleeting peck:
Stranger Than Fiction — Serenade
An awkward moment doesn’t always have to serve a comedic purpose, as we learn in this priceless scene from Ferrell’s 2006 dramatic foray:
Step Brothers — Teabagging the Drumset
The scrotum used in this scene was apparently a prosthetic. Somehow, that provides little comfort. (Clip NSFW)
Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments section.
