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"Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire
Saga" is a "zany, unexpected, musical extravaganza," McAdams
told Reuters.
She and Ferrell play Sigrit Ericksdottir and Lars Erickssong,
blond Scandinavian soulmates who bumble their way into being
Iceland's contest entrants, and find unlikely ways to keep
advancing.
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world's biggest annual
television events, featuring colorful and often tongue-in-cheek
and over-the-top performances. It was due to take place in
Rotterdam in May after the Netherlands won the 2019 contest, but
was canceled as the pandemic spread.
Pierce Brosnan said he only needed a quick look at the script to
sign on for the role of Ferrell's father and harshest critic,
Erick Erickssong.
"I read it one morning and said yes to it by lunchtime," Brosnan
said, adding he "grew up with Eurovision living in London" and
watched ABBA win in 1974.
Ferrell said Eurovision officials "totally got" his idea of a
movie lampooning the contest.
"I said, 'You know, we're going to have some fun with it.' And
they're like: 'Oh, you should.'"
Ferrell said real past Eurovision performances were a key
inspiration and gave them the idea, for instance, for a scene in
which Ferrell sings while running on a giant hamster wheel.
"Andrew (Steele), our writer said, let's just do the hamster
wheel." They got an "amazing team of British prop guys
constructing this massive hamster wheel out of steel that would
later be lowered, you know, 100 feet out of the air that I'm
running on."
Ferrell said he hopes the Netflix Inc movie can "show our love
and gratitude for this kind of amazing, amazing contest that...
46 countries compete in every year. And it means so much to the
community."
(Reporting by Reuters TV; Writing by Dave Gregorio; Editing by
Rosalba O'Brien)
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