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...Ferrell's characters seem designed to give audiences headaches--or a sexually transmitted disease. "I do really enjoy messing with people," says Ferrell of such politically incorrect roles as over-the-top sexists (Ron Burgundy, Chazz Reinhold in Wedding Crashers), fetishists (Big Earl in Starsky & Hutch), a Nazi (Franz Liebkind in The Producers) and an idiot version of Bob Woodward (Dick). "I wouldn't want anyone to feel uncomfortable with what I'm doing, but if that's a casualty of what's happening? Then I'm totally fine with that...
...produce a show, they can keep the difference if the show flops–so begins the search for the worst musical ever.Seemingly, they find just that in “Springtime for Hitler,” a neo-Nazi romp by Fascist-sympathizer (and then some) Franz Liebkind, played to zany perfection by Will Ferrell—a new addition for the movie. Their plan is set into motion when they also enlist the worst director in the business, the flamboyant (to put it mildly) Roger De Bris, played by scene-stealing Gary Beach. And fate comes knocking when...
...which Brooks created. "It's very important for the world to see The Producers in its glory, with MATTHEW [BRODERICK, left] and NATHAN [LANE, right]," who played Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock on Broadway, says the comic. But when it came time to cast escaped Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in the new film, "I thought, Who's manic?" says Brooks. Enter WILL FERRELL, center. "There was something dangerous and mad in his eyes," Brooks explains. If it works, Ferrell may join the gang for Brooks' next version of The Producers. "What do you think we should do?" Brooks asks. "Claymation...
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