Just before leaving for South by Southwest, I had a chance to sit down with Will Ferrell to chat about his new comedy CASA DE MI PADRE, a daring parody of Spanish telenovelas done almost completely subtitled. The film is rather amusing, especially if you “get” the joke. It’s a project he’s collaborated on with Funny or Die partners Matt Piedmont (directing) and Andrew Steele (writing), and it opens this weekend. The following video shows excerpts from the roundtable interviews held at Sundown at the Granada Theater in Dallas – amazing food there by the way. With the exception of the phone call Will took (not my phone!), all the questions and answers you’ll see are the ones I asked and the ones Will answered. This is my second time interviewing Ferrell, and he’s always fun to talk to in these scenarios. Big thanks to Rachel Parker of DFWlive for shooting this, and thanks to the fine folks at Allied Entertainment for setting this up. Check out the video below and leave your thoughts in the comments.
CASA DE MI PADRE is now playing everywhere.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
