Michelle Obama He recently got candid about his behind-the-scenes habits, which also included naming one of his favorite movies of all time. The public figure recently opened up about her daily life and other things going on in her life and career, and even dropped a surprising name when it came to her favorites.
Michelle Obama talks about her favorite movie
During the latest episode of his podcast ‘IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson’, Obama invited Will Ferrell to have a chat and share sincere moments with him. Not only that, but when the topic of discussion came to his favorite movies, Obama had a very surprising response.He captioned a post he made about the podcast on his Instagram: “When I tell people that Elf is my favorite movie of all time, I’m not kidding! So for this week’s @imopodcasts, I was especially excited to sit down with Buddy the Elf himself, the one and only Will Ferrell.” He later opened up about ‘Elf,’ adding that it’s “my favorite movie on the planet of all time, the one movie I watch over and over and over again.“The politician also admitted that it is one of the movies that always puts her in a better mood, even though she doesn’t like watching movies over and over again. He concluded: “So whenever I want to feel better, I don’t, literally, and then I have other people watch it with me so I can say, ‘Wait, here it comes.'”As for Ferrell, he was overjoyed to hear that, and later came clean about landing the role. The actor even revealed that ‘Elf’ was one of the reasons why he left ‘Saturday Night Live’. Sharing more on the matter, she added: “I left, I’d been there for seven years and you know, you always, you know you have to leave at some point, and it felt like I had enough momentum, but it’s not like I had a stack of scripts waiting for me.“He further mentioned that a lot of work went into the film, but it was a huge success. “It was an amazing concept, but it needed a lot of work. And so we rewrote everything, but it’s really interesting that it turned into what it has become… I had no idea we had like lightning in a bottle, but we did.”
Plot of ‘Elf’
Starring Will Ferrell in the title role, the 2003 holiday film revolves around the life of Buddy, a human who was adopted by elves at the North Pole and stayed and raised there. However, when he grows up, he discovers the truth and embarks on a journey to find his biological father in New York City.