The 2024 vacation season is nicely behind us, however there’s an amusing Christmas-related subject nonetheless being talked about. Earlier than 2025 ended, Will Ferrell was seen at an L.A. Kings hockey recreation dressed as Buddy the Elf… or relatively, a Buddy who’d fallen on onerous instances, as evidenced by his consuming and the cigarette in his mouth. Ferrell has now shared the story behind his viral resolution gown up as his character from 2003’s Elf, among the finest Christmas motion pictures, and his reasoning doesn’t get any extra Will Ferrell than this.
To be honest, Ferrell has a historical past of doing bizarre stuff like this, like when he dressed up as Little Debbie throughout a go to to The Tonight Present a decade in the past or when he DJed a frat celebration together with his son Magnus. However so far as his rationale for why he determined to go gown because the raveled Buddy the Elf, the SNL alum first gave the next clarification when he appeared on New Heights for why the human raised on the North Pole seemed so tough:
Buddy the Elf obtained laid off, I believe, from the North Pole.
Buddy could not have been as expert as the opposite elves with working in Santa’s workshop, however to straight up be let go from the North Pole? Was this as a result of Kris Kringle determined Buddy simply wasn’t match to assist with making toys anymore, or was this merely a results of funds cuts? Am I pondering an excessive amount of about this? In all probability, but when Buddy had been despatched packing, and given what number of years he’s lived amongst different people, I may see him falling onto booze and tobacco to manage. In any case, again to actuality, right here’s what Ferrell mentioned about deciding to decorate up for the Kings recreation:
I get these bizarre concepts now and again…I advised my spouse – as a result of we’re season ticket holders of the LA Kings, we’ve the seats proper on the glass, which have been superb – I mentioned, ‘Gosh, over the break it would be humorous if I obtained a Buddy the Elf costume and did not shave for like per week and I am simply sitting there with a sweet cigarette. And I am simply gonna sit there for a interval and see how individuals react.’ And that was it.
Oh yeah, individuals positively reacted to the sight of Buddy partaking in conduct that’d absolutely put him on the Naughty Listing. Will Ferrell’s new Buddy look took the web by storm, which is a testomony to how standard Elf stays greater than 20 years after its launch. There are even some individuals who escape the film throughout July 4th! Nevertheless, don’t go pondering that Ferrell donning this costume signifies that he’s making ready to legitimately reprise Buddy in a sequel or another mission. As he additionally mentioned through the interview:
However the response was insane. ‘What’s he doing?’ ‘Is he selling one thing?’ However sometimes I simply love to do bizarre issues like that simply to stir it up.
Varied causes have been given for why Elf 2 by no means occurred, from the late James Chan claiming that it was as a result of Will Ferrell and director Jon Favreau didn’t get alongside, to Ferrell saying he wasn’t within the sequel’s “rehashed premise.” In order that appearances on the Kings recreation may very nicely be the final time we ever see the actor “play” Buddy. Given how Elf ended, I’d prefer to assume the actual Buddy continues to be residing an awesome life with Josie and their daughter Susie relatively than hitting up hockey video games wanting like he’d simply been hanging out with Ebenezer Scrooge.
Though Elf at present isn’t accessible to stream following the conclusion of the vacation season, Will Ferrell followers can view his current documentary Will & Harper with a Netflix subscription and see him subsequent in You’re Cordially Invited, which these with an Amazon Prime Video subscription will be capable of view beginning on January 30.