Another Christmas classic under Will Ferrell's belt!
Ferrell walked the carpet at the New York City premiere of Spirited at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on Monday, and spoke with ET's Rachel Smith about what drew him to doing his first Christmas movie in nearly 20 years.
"You know, I love Sean [Anders] and John [Morris], the filmmakers. I've done two other movies with them, but I'd never done a musical before," Ferrell explained. "I just thought it was such a different creative reimagining ofin a way that I'd never heard before in a really smart way a way that could be funny but meaningful."
"When you kind of have that blending of heart, comedy and message, that's what you're trying to pull off," Ferrell added. as the Scrooge-like character Clint Briggs. The film is a full musical -- including complex dance numbers and original songs. "I think the challenge was living up to the complexity of the songs that they had written," Ferrell reflected. "When you're singing, I've always kind of sang in a comedic way. But when you have to emote feeling and story and everything through the song, it's a whole other skill level. And so that was like that was crazy."
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