"I just thin it would look slightly pathetic if I tried to squeeze back in the elf tights", said Ferrell, who was appearing on What Watch Happens Live with Anchorman 2 co-stars Steve Carell and James Marsden. "Buddy the middle-aged elf."
Released in 2003, Elf was directed by Jon Favreau and gave Ferrell his first box office hit as the lead, pulling in $225 million from a budget of just $33 million.