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It’s hard to think of anything negative besides thinking about Will Ferrell’s overly boisterous Buddy from 2003 Eleven, But that’s exactly what you need to do if you want to keep scrolling. So be warned.

According to a report by the Daily Mailthings were quite dramatic insights behind the scenes of the successful Christmas comedy – in several ways. In addition to the casting problems – the twins originally cast as Baby Buddy had to be replaced and apparently Jim Carey was the original first choice for the lead role – there was also reportedly an on-set feud that contributed to this Elevenis the fate of a solo film without sequels.

James Caan, who played Buddy’s straight-laced human father Walter Hobbs in the film, revealed in a radio interview in 2020 that Ferrell and Eleven Director Jon Favreau “didn’t get along” while making the film and that their strained relationship played a big role Eleven never got a sequel.

“We wanted to do it and I thought, ‘Oh my God, I finally have a franchise movie, I could make some money and let my kids do whatever the hell they want to do.’ And the director and Will didn’t get along particularly well.” Caan said in an interview on Cleveland’s 92.3 The Fan’s Bull & Fox Show “So Will wanted to do it, he didn’t want the director, and he had it in his contract, it was one of those things.”

Of course, there are multiple sides to every story, and even though Caan hinted at a possible feud between Ferrell and Favreau as a reason, we never got one Eleven 2Ferrell was also asked why the film never got a sequel and he had a different answer.

In 2021, the comedian confirmed Caan’s claim that a Eleven A sequel had been in the works at one point as he recounted The Hollywood Reporter that he turned down $29 million to make the second film in the series because of problems with the script, which he said only “rehashed” the story of the original film.

“I should have promoted the film from an honest place, like, ‘Oh no, it’s not good.’ “I just couldn’t turn down that much money,” he said at the time. “And I thought, ‘Can I really say those words?’ “I don’t think I can, so I guess I can’t do the movie.'”

Ferrell previously floated the idea of ​​a sequel in 2013 during an appearance on US series ” See what’s happening live when he told Andy Cohen that there was “no way” he would do one Eleven Consequence.

“It would look a little pathetic if I tried to squeeze myself back into the ‘Elf’ tights,” he said at the time (per USA today).

So feel free to make a big bowl full of pasta covered in syrup and candy and drown your sorrows in sugar and carbs if necessary, because that’s what it sounds like Eleven 2 will definitely never happen.