‘GREAT DAYS ON WATER’

Q: What was the best day that you ever spent together? FERRELL: One of the best days was when we were shooting Talladega Nights, and both of us had a rare day off. John, I believed you researched this: We decided to do a float down the Little Cahaba River, which is just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. We got these inner tubes and we floated down this river.

REILLY: We’ve had some great days on water. Another was a windless day we tried to sail in Sydney Harbour. We’re slowly puttering along for about three hours with the sail silently flapping.

FERRELL: Our field trip on this movie was a trip to Stonehenge. I mean, I was excited to see Stonehenge, but it’s what, about an hour, tops? You can’t get too close and you read some plaques and it’s freezing out there. And you’re like, “Should we go get hot chocolate?” “Yeah, let’s go.” REILLY: “Are you guys feeling connected to a mystical, Druid-like energy?” “Well, maybe.”

Q: Are there other famous duos you’d like to play?

REILLY: Tango and Cash? Has that been done? FERRELL: Either Tango and Cash or Turner and Hooch.

REILLY: You’re going to think this a joke, but at some point, I was pitching Will on the Wright brothers. I think it could be a great story.

FERRELL: Absolutely. REILLY: People want to know what Orville and Wilbur were like. They owned a bike store, did you know that? FERRELL: But they were first in Ohio? And then went to North Carolina. Because there’s a better bike market in North Carolina.