Will Ferrell made a rare move on Thursday.
The 57-year-old Hollywood actor posed with his wife Viveca Paulin and two of their sons. They were with Mattias and Magnus.
They stood arm-in0arm on the red carpet for the Netflix film Will & Harper at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Ferrell married Swedish actress Viveca Paulin in 2000; they met in 1995 at an acting class.
They have three sons: Magnus, 20, Mattias, 17 and Axel, 14.
Will Ferrell made a rare move on Thursday. The Hollywood actor posed with his wife Viveca Paulin and two of their sons. They were with Mattias and Magnus
This comes after Ferrell said he had to go through the ‘excruciating’ pain of being called John by his teachers at school.
The Elf star was registered at birth as John William Ferrell, but his parents called him Will.
And it took ages before people got used to calling him by their chosen moniker.
He told his Anchorman co-star Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s ‘MeSsy’ podcast: ‘This is a minor thing in terms of — it’s not really even trauma — but I remember feeling so embarrassed because my real name is John, John William Ferrell, so first day of school, I’d be John.
‘The teacher would be like John Ferrell? and it was so embarrassing to me to have to say, “Here, but I go by Will, I don’t go by John.”‘
He continued: ‘It wasn’t my choice.
‘My parents named [me] John, but they called me Will. I grew up as Will, but on a rule sheet, my legal name is John Ferrell.
They stood arm-in-arm on the red carpet for the Netflix film Will & Harper at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles
Ferrell married Swedish actress Viveca Paulin in 2000; they met in 1995 at an acting class. They have three sons: Magnus, 20, Mattias, 17 and Axel, 14
‘I don’t know why that was so embarrassing to me to have to explain ‘I’m actually Will.”
The ‘Barbie’ actor quipped: ‘People are probably going to be listening to this going ‘That is the lamest thing ever.”
Will opening up about his school days comes after he incorporated a jibe about his old college rivals into ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’.
The 56-year-old actor studied sports broadcasting at the University of Southern California (USC) but a scene in the film features a small group of Americans in Arizona State University (ASU) clothing, which he admitted was a deliberate taunt at the ‘party school’.
Also at the event was Will’s father Lee Ferrell and stepmom Karen Ferrell
Asked about the scene, he told Screen Rant: ‘That was Pac 12 fellowship right there. That was also a perfect party school to make fun of, because at USC, we’re graduates of a fine academic institution now.
‘When I was there, maybe not so much, but now it’s really hard to get into. ASU? You know, anyone can get in there.’
Will starred in the film as Eurovision entrant Lars Erickssong, while Pierce Brosnan, 71, played his father, Erick.
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