How Did Shooting On Film Affect Will Ferrell's Improvising On Anchorman?

Will Ferrell says his movies didn't switch to digital until Anchorman 2. Before that, on film, they improvised anyway: they'd keep going until they heard the film run out, then ask the line producer for more film stock, because film was expensive. Once a shoot was rolling, the studios were usually okay with it.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade · Will Ferrell (LIVE SHOW) · at 1:12:30 · February 8th, 2023 ·Transcript

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