Elf might be a Christmas classic now, but it had some bumps to its path to success.

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 opened up ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Will Ferrell says that James Caan, who played Buddy the Elf’s father Walter Hobbs in the 2003 Christmas comedy Elf, told him he wasn’t funny while they were on set.

Although he developed a robust career as a leading man and character actor for decades, the late James Caanwill always be Sonny, the eldest, hot-headed brother of the Corleone family in The Godfather.

One of Will Ferrell’s co-stars didn’t think he was funny, at least not at first. During an episode of Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s MeSsy podcast, the 56-year-old actor recounted the ...

For someone who started out as an athlete and then became one of the most iconic actors of his generation, James Caan is ...

When filming on the popular Christmas movie Elf wrapped, there was no Empire State Building snow globe or “Buddy the elf, wha’s your favorite color?” sweater for James Caan. Instead, the late actor ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook During a recent episode of the MeSsy podcast, hosted by Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, ...

"I love that the whole time, he's not acting. He's truly annoyed with me," Ferrell recalled of his late co-star. During Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s “Messy” podcast, Ferrell recalled ...

Elf isn’t known as one of the greatest holiday movies of all time just for its claymation narwhal or heart-attack-waiting-to-happen spaghetti dinner—though those things obviously help. The real key to ...