“Unwrap the Secrets: Astonishing Behind-the-Scenes Elf Facts That Will Ignite Your Christmas Spirit!”
It’s probably not that shocking to hear that the perfectly round snowballs that Buddy launches on target at high speed were added in with CGI. Still, there’s a chance that viewers might think it was the magic of Christmas, not computers, that made the snowballs so perfect.
The Jack-In-The-Box Scene Was Genuine
One of the early hilarious scenes in Elf is when Buddy gets demoted to the toy-testing department and has to manually test hundreds of jack-in-the-boxes. In the scene, Ferrell is scared over and over by testing boxes and his reaction was 100% genuine.
Favreau used a remote control to manually pop the jack-in-the-boxes whenever he wanted in order to best surprise Will Ferrell. That’s just plain evil, but we’re glad he did it.
The Actor Who Played Ralphie In A Christmas Story Makes A Cameo
A Christmas Story has to be one of the most iconic holiday movies of all time. I mean, who can ever forget the BB Gun or the Leg Lamp? The actor who starred as Ralphie Parker makes his return to Christmas films as Ming Ming, the elf in charge of Santa’s workshop.
The actor, Peter Billingsley, went uncredited in the role and it took a while for fans to realize who he was.
Will Ferrell Broke James Caan
Ferrell was known on SNL for being the one actor who could make all his co-stars break character, and the same thing happened on the set of Elf. In the scene where Walter takes Buddy to the doctor, Caan breaks down laughing when Buddy screams out in pain after being pricked with a needle.
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