Will Ferrell reveals eerie Metro Vancouver filming spot for ‘Elf’ | Daily Hive

It’s method too quickly to be speaking about Christmas, but it surely’s exhausting to disregard after a current Will Ferrell Vanity Fair interview wherein he mentioned his fan-favourite vacation flick, Elf, the place he revealed a Metro Vancouver connection that he claimed nobody is aware of.

While it isn’t NEW information that Elf was filmed, a minimum of partially, in Metro Vancouver, Ferrell, who performs the titular Elf, revealed just a little extra element about precisely the place it was shot, notably one particular scene.

Ferrell was doing a scene-by-scene breakdown with Vanity Fair, wherein he rewatched Anchorman, Elf, Step Brothers, and extra.

The iconic actor, recognized for his ridiculous characters on SNL and basic comedy movies, informed Vanity Fair that the division retailer, together with the toy retailer, was shot “in an old mental hospital in Vancouver, Canada.”

He’s, in fact, speaking about Riverview, the place many TV reveals and movies have been shot.

“We used that as the interior of the department store,” Ferrell stated.

“So… no one knows that, till now,” he informed Vanity Fair.

You can watch Ferrell talk about the scene within the hyperlink beneath, which must be timestamped throughout the Elf dialog.

Ferrell sort of sits on a throne of lies, although, as Daily Hive wrote just a little bit in regards to the Elf connection again in 2023.

Tons of well-liked Hollywood motion pictures and TV reveals have been filmed at Riverview Hospital, together with Deadpool 2, Final Destination, and The Butterfly Effect.

Riverdale obtained a ton of consideration for the Riverview manufacturing. The X-Files additionally spent a bunch of time filming at Riverview.

If you wish to see the interiors of Riverview on movie, the 2011 found-footage horror flick Grave Encounters reveals off a ton of the hospital, however beware, it’s a really creepy movie.