“My agent sent me the script and I fell in love with it.” Jon Favreau directed the film based on a screenplay by David Berenbaum. Ferrell portrayed the title character of Buddy
The Elf, a young man brought up by Newhart’s Papa Elf at the North Pole. Buddy eventually makes his way to New York to see his real father,
a grumpy businessman played by the late James Caan.Jerry Digney, the legendary comedian’s longtime publicist,
broke the news to THR that the legendary actor died at his Los Angeles home on Thursday after a
Jerry Digney, the legendary comedian’s longtime publicist, told
THR that the legendary actor died suddenly at his Los Angeles home on Thursday after a series of brief illnesses (photo 2019).
