NASCAR: Will Ferrell Exposes the Surprising Truth Behind ‘Talladega Nights’

Will Ferrell has revealed that he knew almost nothing about NASCAR before starring in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, the 2006 comedy that became one of the sport’s most recognizable ...

Will Ferrell’s Desperate Hollywood Pivot Created NASCAR’s Most Famous Movie

Hollywood kept rejecting Anchorman, and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay were running out of patience. After facing a string of studio rejections, the comedy duo considered a different route: make a movie ...