While playing the annoyed father to Will Ferrell’s Buddy, James Caan was “not acting,” recalled the ‘Elf’ star The late James ...

Will Ferrell says that James Caan, who played Buddy the Elf’s father Walter Hobbs in the 2003 Christmas comedy Elf, told him ...

Son of a nutcracker! Will Ferrell’s “Elf” gets plenty of laughs with audiences — but co-star James Caan found the “Saturday Night Live” alum to be anything but funny while on set.

Ferrell, 56, played Buddy the Elf in the holiday comedy, an elf from the North Pole who learns his real father is a New York publishing executive (James Caan). The film - the first major studio ...

Elf hit theaters back in 2003 and immediately entered the pantheon of classic Christmas movies. Will Ferrell's performance as Buddy the Elf helped vault the Saturday Night Live alum into comedy ...

Ferrell, 56, is known for his exaggerated performances of eccentric characters, and plays a vivacious human named Buddy who is raised as an elf in the North Pole in the 2003 movie. Caan ...

Will Ferrell has revealed that he drove James Caan “crazy” on the set of Elf (2003). In a recent conversation with Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler on their podcast MeSsy, the ...

Will Ferrell revealed that the late James Caan would “tease” him by telling him he wasn’t funny while filming the iconic holiday comedy “Elf.” Ferrell — in a recent appearance on the ...

It was all with love but at the same time….” It took actually watching the full edited cut of “Elf” for Caan to realize Ferrell’s hilarity. “And then we were walking out of the theater ...

James Caan wasn’t exactly acting when he seemed annoyed with Will Ferrell while filming Christmas classic Elf. In an interview with Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s Messy podcast ...

The Despicable Me 4 star says the actor thought his portrayal of Buddy the Elf was ‘way too over the top’ The 2003 flick sees Ferrell portray the character Buddy, a human who was raised in the ...