In an interview published last week, The AV Club cuts to the chase with actor Will Ferrell, whose number one disappointment, Semi-Pro, premiered over the weekend. Here's the elephant in the room being summarily killed and stripped of its tusks:
AVC: It seems like you're playing a very similar character in a lot of these movies.
WF: Well, I wouldn't… I like how they deal with the same theme. I think all three of the characters from those movies are distinctly different.
AVC: It seems like there's a lot of Ron Burgundy in Jackie Moon, your Semi-Pro character.
WF: Yeah, maybe. But I don't know, though; Burgundy is more officious, and Jackie Moon is a little more loosey-goosey. They're similar in that they're from the same era, and they think they're very sexy.
AVC: Are they?
WF: Jackie, yeah, of course. He's hard to take your eyes off of. Ron is—I don't know if Ron is that sexy, really.
Sexy or not, expect dozens of your local, unoriginal dicks to be in full Jackie Moon costumes come Halloween. Because, as Ferrell himself knows, it's very easy to mimic.
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this guy is one trick pony, it's same thing over and over again. who buys this crap.
stranger than fiction was really good but that's because he wasn't acting like an idiot through the entire movie. i use to like this guy but now he just makes me cringe.
i capital "L" Love the AV Club. if none of you already read it, it's definitely worth a look. i'm sure you'd all appreciate the "hater" section.
I agree with cowards. AV Club reigns taco supreme.
I'm going to have to agree with chelsea. And I agree with deimos, I did enjoy him in STF merely because he wasn't playing the same jackass. I liked his cameo in Drowning Mona too. That was pre-Old School though.
My dad is convinced the Will Ferrell & the "Bush pig fuckers" (quoting my pops) are the sure sign of the end of western civilization
I like how the person interviewing him is basically calling him out on the one trick pony status he has earned. Maybe he did those two shitty movies "Kicking and Screaming" and "Bewitched" where he tried to step out of the box a bit and got scared since they both tanked. He's got a demographic now that I don't think he really wanted. Frat boys eventually grow up and want to watch something more than just Frank the Tank
Wow, he sounds like Vanilla Ice, trying to explain Ice Ice Baby is not the same as Under Pressure.