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Elf Producers Wanted to Cut One of the Funniest (And Weirdest) Lines From the Movie
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scrn loglineThe untold story behind one of the funniest, weirdest lines in the Elf movie that almost got cut by producers.beat sheet- Actor Mark Acheson, who played the gruff mailroom worker, was on set for 22 hours and his ad-libbed lines nearly got him cut from the film entirely, until director Jon Favreau fought to keep him in.
- Acheson revealed that one of his improvised lines - where he joked his character was '26 years old with nothing to show for it' - almost didn't make it, with producers thinking no one would believe it, but Favreau insisted 'that's the joke' since Acheson was actually 46 when he delivered the line.
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Elf Producers Wanted to Cut One of the Funniest (And Weirdest) Lines From the Movie
ComicBook.comStory by Michael Hein
scrn logline
The untold story behind one of the funniest, weirdest lines in the Elf movie that almost got cut by producers.
beat sheet
- Actor Mark Acheson, who played the gruff mailroom worker, was on set for 22 hours and his ad-libbed lines nearly got him cut from the film entirely, until director Jon Favreau fought to keep him in.
- Acheson revealed that one of his improvised lines - where he joked his character was '26 years old with nothing to show for it' - almost didn't make it, with producers thinking no one would believe it, but Favreau insisted 'that's the joke' since Acheson was actually 46 when he delivered the line.
call sheet
Mark Acheson, Will Ferrell, Jon Favreau, James Caan, The Daily Mail, Elf (2003)