Says Ferrell, “ didn’t necessarily have this in our heads as movie material. In fact, her name comes up several times during the thirteen-minute interview. So how did this sketch get picked in the first place? Ferrell credits co-producer Amy Heckerling, director of Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with getting the film off the ground. We found that having them in the same family helped to set up that loser mid-twentysomething slacker-who-doesn’t-know-what-to-do-with-their-life set-up.” We just locked ourselves in a room, and between myself and Chris and Steve Koren, who helped us write the sketch, we improvised a lot of it, like how we thought these guys would talk and sound and react and whether or not they’re just friends or in the same family. So we just had this blank page that we had to fill from scratch. “It’s kind of this physical cartoon, is the best way to describe it. “The sketch is pretty much only on one level,” Ferrell says in a phone interview from Toronto. Ferrell himself admits that the film had to be created pretty much from scratch.

Let's do it, come on, it'll be a blast.' The comedians have only worked together once after A Night at the Roxbury, when they both returned to the SNL set for the show's 23rd season.In fact, until A Night at the Roxbury brought these guys - played by Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan - to the big screen, no one had any idea that they were even brothers.

When asked for a message for Ferrell to get the film going, Kattan responded, 'Hi, Will. Related: Elf 2: Why Will Ferrell Turned Down the Planned Sequel's $29 Million Payday While discussing a potential sequel, Kattan seemingly called back to a popular 'Roxbury Guys' sketch, saying, 'There might be a third Roxbury Guy. The movie was based on the popular SNL sketches starring the comedic duo, which were themselves based on characters created by the pair during their time together at Los Angeles' The Groundlings Theatre.Ī Night at the Roxbury followed the exploits of brothers Steve and Doug Butabi, the sons of a wealthy businessman and fanatical nightclub enthusiasts. The film was panned by critics but went on to earn a cult following in the years since its release. RELATED: SNL Seemingly Destroyed a Valuable Spider-Man Comic=Ī Night at the Roxbury, starring Kattan and Will Ferrell, premiered in 1998.

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