In unearthed interviews, one actor revealed the demands of the show and in particular, one shocking statistic about a dirty habit he picked-up to bring his character to life
One user wrote: "Buddy has clearly fallen on hard times," while another added: "Buddy looks fresh out of prison." Another quipped: "This is what elves do after Christmas," and a fourth said: "That's awesome." A fan praised Will, saying he's the only one who could "pull off Buddy the Elf at a sports game and still make it hilarious." Another Elf fan commented: "Even after all these years, watching Will Ferrell just randomly show up in his Buddy costume still brings back that same nostalgic Christmas magic." Elf, the now-iconic Christmas film, was released in 2003 and has since become a staple of festive traditions for families worldwide

So we just watched some of them to do a commentary on them and as I watched, I thought, Its so funny that anyone ever thought this needed to be in the movie, but in almost every case, there were scenes that were like, We can not cut that out of the movie, it needs to be there! I just find that interesting, that the things that get cut are the things that, usually, on the page, are the things you think you need the most
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But Ive kind of been trying to infuse humor in since I started