{"id":507102,"date":"2026-03-06T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:55:08","slug":"will-ferrell-gave-christina-applegate-part-of-his-anchorman-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/507102\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ferrell Gave Christina Applegate Part of His &#8216;Anchorman&#8217; Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/christina-applegate\/\" id=\"auto-tag_christina-applegate_1\" data-tag=\"christina-applegate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Applegate<\/a> is opening up about her experience filming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/anchorman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anchorman_1\" data-tag=\"anchorman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anchorman<\/a>, including when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/will-ferrell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_will-ferrell_1\" data-tag=\"will-ferrell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Ferrell<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/adam-mckay\/\" id=\"auto-tag_adam-mckay_1\" data-tag=\"adam-mckay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam McKay<\/a> gave her more money from their own salaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe actress, who has been on a press tour promoting her new memoir, You With the Sad Eyes, made a recent appearance on The View. During the conversation, she recalled when the studio behind the 2004 comedy initially offered to pay her well below her male co-stars for her role as Veronica Corningstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWhen they came in with the initial offer, it was, you know, a little offensive,\u201d Applegate said. \u201cAnd I said I can\u2019t. I know my worth, and I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHowever, McKay, who helmed the film, and Ferrell, who played Ron Burgundy, knew Applegate\u2019s worth and decided to step up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThey wanted me bad enough, and they said, \u2018Well, we\u2019re gonna chip in.\u2019 Thank God they did because it was one of the best experiences of my entire life,\u201d Applegate said. \u201cIt was such a lesson. I had never done improv before. Learning from that group of dudes\u2026 that is the masterclass that people pay for. Steve Carell, like, taught it. Adam McKay developed an entire new way of doing it with his group. To get in there and have that happen was absolutely magic and it\u2019s been invaluable to me and my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, set in the 1970s, centered on anchorman Ron Burgundy, San Diego\u2019s top-rated newsreader, and his clash with an ambitious new co-anchor, Veronica Corningstone. The film also starred Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Kathryn Hahn and Fred Armisen. Most of the cast also returned for 2013\u2019s Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhen reflecting on the film, Applegate also recalled being \u201cso scared every day of my life\u201d while on set, because McKay would tell her, \u201c\u2018Now, just do what you feel like doing.&#8217;\u201d However, the Dead to Me actress would reply, \u201c\u2018I want to say what you wrote. I don\u2019t want to make stuff up.&#8217;\u201d But now she understands why those improv moments work.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate is opening up about her experience filming Anchorman, including when Will Ferrell\u00a0and\u00a0Adam McKay gave her more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[64629,230313,236,16820,88,14072],"class_list":{"0":"post-507102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-adam-mckay","9":"tag-anchorman","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-christina-applegate","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-will-ferrell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}