Adam McKay and Will Ferrell | 78

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What happens when Hollywood’s comedy dream team implodes? Adam McKay and Will Ferrell created magic on-screen, but one casting decision sparked an epic fallout. The betrayal? A role meant for Will went to someone else—and their friendship has never been the same. The split left fans stunned, wondering: how did it all go so wrong? Can these legends ever reconcile?

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to diss and tell early and ad-free right now.
0:05.4	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:14.2	All right, Sydney.
0:15.8	Maybe we're showing our age again today.
0:18.5	Stop making me do that.
0:21.0	What is your favorite Will Ferrell comedy?
0:24.4	I think movie-wise, probably stepbrothers, unfortunately.
0:29.2	I don't like sharing that with a bunch of bros, but hey.
0:33.3	Right.
0:33.7	It is a very bro-y movie.
0:35.1	It is very, like, poster on your college wall kind of movie.
0:39.3	Yeah, unfortunately.
0:41.0	Yeah, I would say stepbrothers is up there for me.
0:44.0	Anchorman is a classic, obviously.
0:47.1	Yeah. In high school, my ringtone was him going, but Brennan, I'm alive. I'm alive.
0:53.4	Well, we're going to talk about Will Farrell a lot today.
0:56.7	He's one of our feudsters, I guess.
0:59.1	Even though it's more of a falling out that we're talking about.
1:02.8	We're going to go back to a hazy time, November 2021.
1:07.8	The writer-director, Adam McKay, did a profile for Vanity Fair.
1:12.9	You know Adam McKay.
1:14.2	Yeah, he has really made a name for himself as a writer-producer director.
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