FERRELL SLAMS HOLLYWOOD'S OBSESSION WITH MONEY

Last updated: Friday, September 15, 2006

FERRELL SLAMS HOLLYWOOD'S OBSESSION WITH MONEY

Hollywood actor WILL FERRELL has slammed the film industry for branding any movie which makes less than $100 million (GBP52,998 million) a box office failure.

Will Ferrell - 'Stranger than Fiction' Conference at the Toronto International Film Festival. Toronto, Canada - 09.09.06

The ZOOLANDER funnyman is immensely proud of his comedy ANCHORMAN - but feels his work was under appreciated in Hollywood because the film was not a huge financial success.

He says, "We were incredibly happy with Anchorman, but there's this stigma attached to American stories that don't hit the $100 million mark. It's not considered a success.

"Anchorman topped out at about $85 million (GBP45 million), which was insane for our budget ($26 million) and the kind of movie it was.

"It was definitely a victory, but we have our competitive side which we like: I want to make a still-crazy but slightly more accessible, slightly more conventional movie."

Ferrell's new film TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY has already taken $150 million (GBP79 million) at the US box office.

Source: WENN

| Friday, September 15, 2006

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