Star Actors Who Refused To Return for Reboots

Will Ferrell

Elf was such a hit that fans demanded a sequel. A script for a sequel actually got written and Will Ferrell was offered $29 million to reprise the role, but he said no. He thought the plot was a cheap rehashing of the original film. “I would have had to promote the movie from an honest place, which would’ve been, like, ‘Oh no, it’s not good. I just couldn’t turn down that much money.’ And I thought, ‘Can I actually say those words? I don’t think I can, so I guess I can’t do the movie,'” Ferrell told THR.

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