Will Ferrell Almost Wasn’t In Wedding Crashers

Actor Will Ferrell has a small role in Wedding Crashers, but it was a memorable one. He plays Chazz Reinhold, the mentor of Vince Vaughan's character, Jeremy. When we meet Chazz in the movie, he's living with his mother, eating meat loaf, and wearing a kimono. He's moved on from crashing weddings and is now even more of a scumbag who crashes funerals to pick up women.

The scene comes in the final act of the movie, and director David Dobkin told EW that it provided a "rocket boost" to the movie's conclusion. But it was not part of the original script, and Ferrell almost was not involved.

The idea for the scene came weeks into shooting, when star Owen Wilson thought it would be a funny idea to have his character crash a funeral. Wilson had created the Chazz character and referenced him in the script, but he wasn't planned to ever be shown in the 2005 comedy.

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