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The Best Comedy Tag Team, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, are set to make a big splash in the season’s funniest film, The Other Guys. Their first encounter took place in front of hundreds of millions of people. It was the evening of the 2007 Academy Awards, and Ferrell and Jack Black were on stage firing mock insults and threats at the current crop of nominees. Ferrell unloaded on Ryan Gosling: “You’re all hip and now – well I’m going to break you hip…right now!” Black lashed out at Peter O’Toole: “I’m going to beat you down with my Nickelodeon award!” Then Ferrell turned to Wahlberg, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for The Departed, and lost his nerve. “I won’t mess with you,” he said sheepishly. “You’re actually kind of a badass…I hope we’re cool. You are very talented.” Wahlberg smiled and nodded. The audience roared. Agents got ideas. And an unlikely comedy team was born. “The energy of Will and Mark is the oddest mix,” says Adam McKay. “Mark is someone you don’t want to f— with, and it’s always funny to watch Will with someone who really could kick his ass.” To read the rest of the article visit Entertainment Weekly.
