Elf IS 10 YEARS OLD TODAY! Let’s celebrate with some fun facts! YEAH!
Jim Carrey was originally supposed to play the lead role of Buddy the elf.
When the script was first written in 1993, Carrey was tagged on to star. However, as I'm sure you know, over the course of 10 years, things change.
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Forced perspective, not CGI, was used to make Buddy appear much larger than the other elves.
Just like the hobbits in the Lord of the Rings movies.
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Will Ferrell suffered from headaches and lack of sleep during production as a result of all the candy he had to eat while filming.
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As a sidenote, those cotton balls Buddy eats in the doctor's office? Cotton candy:
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