Now that I see it in the movie, it’s brilliant,'" Ferrell remembered. "That was so funny, he’s walking out, shaking his head, going like, 'Great job. I thought you were way too over the top.

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He adds warmth to his characters." Ferrell, 36, grew up comfortably middle-class in Irvine, Calif.. His father was a musician who played keyboards with the Righteous Brothers.