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Long before they were co-tettes in the film adapted to their Saturday Night Live characters, One night at Roxbury ,, Will Ferrell And Chris Kattan were friends who developed sketches together as part of the soil improvisation troupe in the early 1990s and even joined a passage As Santa of the Shopping Center and its Elf . Unfortunately, their longtime link has not survived the shooting of the 1998 comedy on the Butabi brothers of the head. In his 2019 Memoirs, Kattan revealed that Ferrell had stopped returning his phone calls after the film finished. Read the rest to discover the behind the scenes that Kattan affirmed led to the fall of the co-stars of the cult comedy.

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In its 2019 memories Baby, don't hurt me: stories and scars of Saturday Night Live ,, Kattan told This Amy Heckerling , the director of 43 years of the time Distraught And Quick weather in Ridgemont High , was initially attached to One night at Roxbury . One day after a casting session, she proposed to drive Ferrell and Kattan at home and after depositing Ferrell, would have asked Kattan 27 years if they were going to have sex. He wrote that he was clumsily replied: "I don't know ... I can't believe you just said that."

He continued to affirm that he had received a call from a "furious" Lorne Michaels , who produced the film, telling him that Heckerling was planning to abandon. Shouting that Paramount would only make the film if it did it, the legendary Snl The creator would have put pressure on Kattan to "keep Amy happy" and not involve Ferrell, adding: "Chris, I don't say that you have to [the explanive], but that would not hurt." (A spokesperson for Snl denied that this happened , while Heckerling refused to comment other than Call Kattan "a nut" In an interview with The Daily Beast.)

Heckerling finally signed to co -produce the film with Michaels, leaving the staging frequent Distraught Director of Spinoff of the television show and former of the Broadway video production company in Michaels, John Fortenberry . Although Kattan lived with his girlfriend Jennifer Coolidge At the time, he wrote that Heckerling continued to continue him while production accelerated, inviting him to a party without other production members and kissing him later. Coolridge, who plays a cop One night at Roxbury , had already raised the subject of the rupture, and Kattan quickly initiated it, writing that he learned later that "the way in which [he] managed that it was considered insensitive and [operative] - by many previous friends, especially the Will. " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

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According to Kattan, Heckerling quickly approached the newly single actor after a night of stage blocking the Paramount lot, which led both to connect to the so-called "casting sofa" in his office. While the meeting was consensual, Kattan wrote in his book that he "was attracted to Amy, but at the same time very afraid of the power she and Lorne exercised my career". He said stress started to affect him physically and that his hands broke out in "an eczema so intense that the palms often bleed".

The secret also wreaked havoc on his relationship with Ferrell, who, according to Kattan, was quietly informed of his relationship with Heckerling by "Lorne himself". He said by noting a change in their dynamics, writing: "I entered the hair / makeup trailer because Will was raising his wig, and it seemed that the temperature between us had changed." In the weeks following the film, Ferrell spent a large part of his advertising tour and supposed to have ceased to return the calls of Kattan.

When the two returned to the cinema the following season of Snl , Ferrell seated Kattan for a conference. According to the memory, he then ended friendship, saying to Kattan: "So I received all your messages, but I did not call you back because I didn't want to talk to you." THE Elf Star also explained, as Kattan said, "I have finished ... I don't want to be your friend anymore. I'm going to be professional and work with you in the series, but that's it."

Although Kattan and Ferrell continued their professional relationship on Snl To create memorable sketches like " More cowbell "Until 2002, Kattan wrote that he had never found" the closest and most important friendship [he] ever had ", adding sadly", I felt that we still loved each other. But some damage cannot be canceled. ""

While One night at Roxbury brought only $ 30 million at the box office And was criticized by most criticism, he has a following cult and many fans who would like to see the Clubbing brothers of Ferrell and Kattan. Despite their fall, Kattan said Tmz In 2022, he would love to join Ferrell for a Roxbury following . "I have not [spoken to Ferrell on this subject], but so many people speak to me and ask me." Will there be a Night at Roxbury 2 ? I think it would be fun, you know, "he said." I think we would see where we are at this stage. ""

Ferrell, however, made known his dissatisfaction with the film. In 2003 Interview with Filmhole , he said, "Let's just say that I liked my role in The ladies' man Better than I liked everything Roxbury movie. So not immediately, I sort of done that. ""