15 Things You Didn't Know About Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
1. Will Ferrell Can Really Play The Flute
Not
only does Anchorman teach us some phrases in different languages, it also
teaches how to seduce the ladies.
Each of the Channel 4 News team tries to catch the eye of Veronica Corningstone, but they all fail miserably. Champ is too touchy and creepy; Brian Fantana’s ‘Sex Panther’ cologne smells like Big Foot’s dick and Brick…well, Brick is Brick.
As for Ron Burgundy, he struggles to attract the attentions of Veronica at first, but once she sees Ron show off his impressive skills on the jazz flute, she can’t resist.
What you might not know is that Will Ferrell is actually a fairly skilled flute player himself and has played since he was a child. But unfortunately, it wasn’t him that played the instrument in the film and his scenes were dubbed over with a professional jazz flutist.