Will Ferrell says Ted Danson knew 'Elf' would be ‘gigantic’ hit after watching him film this scene

“He was like, ‘No, you can just feel it,’” the “Anchorman” actor remembered the “Cheers” star telling him.

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00:13Ted Danson came and visited Mary Steenburgen on set one time we were shooting the scene we're

00:19decorating the Christmas tree and I I bounce off the couch put the star and then tear the

00:24whole thing down and Ted was there that day and he was like this thing's gonna be gigantic I go

00:30how do you know Ted really like from your mouth to God's ears you know and he's like no you

00:35can just

00:35feel it you can I'm like okay all right so always trust in Ted always trust in Ted Danson and

00:41since

00:41then you bring him on set like how we doing Ted how we doing