Will Ferrell Takes The Cake!
Will Ferrell is the master of playing the buffoon. No one tickles me more than watching this man play the fool.
Someone like Jim Carey is great because he contorts his body in ways that are laughable. But for me, it's too overly dramatic and slapstick.
Will is subtle and nuanced in how he embodies characters that are in no way self-aware of their folly.
These extreme characters aren't hamming it up, they are ridiculous and extreme but grounded in authenticity.
He owns his roles and becomes them in such a way that it doesn't feel like a person playing the clown, but a clown playing a person.
I love the guy. He's the best, with his big fat head, which is at once over the top and dead-pan serious.
There is no one like Will.
He's the best at what he does.