Ferrell, Wahlberg are 'The Other Guys'

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   >>> we're back now at 8:35 with "the other guys," the name of the new action-comedy starring mark wahlberg and will farrell as a pair of mismatched detectives here in new york city . guys, good morning. nice to have you. welcome back, i should say. you have been here a lot. you didn't know each other before shooting this, right?

   >> no.

   >> no. i had just serenaded mark at the oscars, if you recall.

   >> remind me of that. how did that go?

   >> john c. reilly and myself and jack black sang a song about comedians not getting respect. we kept pointing out people in the audience, specifically mark and that he was such a bad -- that we weren't going to mess with him.

   >> i was dying to do a comedy. who better to do it with? him and adam invited me to dinner and asked if i would be in the movie with them. i said, are you kidding? i didn't even read the script.

   >> it is an odd pairing. you have been here a lot and when you're here, mark, when you go away i think this is an intelligent, serious-minded guy and then you're here i think, he --

   >> not.

   >> not intelligent or serious-minded?

   >> no. he's a buffoon.

   >> did you make him watch your old movies before he worked with you?

   >> that's required of everyone on my set, yeah.

   >> i thought he was owen wilson at first.

   >> i got used to it.

   >> tell me about "the other guys." what's the movie about?

   >> we're basically obviously two detectives that have been paired with each other. i'm someone who loves paperwork to the point of -- in fact, i don't want to go out in the field at all. mark is the opposite. he's -- because of an unfortunate circumstance he accidentally shot derek jeter -- he's been demoted --

   >> in this city, that's not good. in boston you get a promotion for that.

   >> we are actually screening the movie tomorrow in boston. being a red sox fan i was like, are you kidding? i get to shoot derek jeter ? yeah! meeting him, he's a great guy. i have so much respect for him. but it was a lot of fun. it was not difficult to shoot derek jeter at the time. he'd just won the world series . supposed to be game 7 so i was working the tunnel and he comes out with an ipod and baseball bat . i'm so trigger happy that i pulled the trigger. he's going out for batting practice.

   >> it was derek's fault in the context.

   >> it was game 7 and everybody hates me.

   >> we're an odd couple that become the new detective force.

   >> so it's a buddy movie.

   >> yeah.

   >> if you look at buddy combinations in the past, are you more the batman & robin type, starsky & hutch , peaches and herb? what are you most like?

   >> the pressure's on, man. you're the comedy guy.

   >> probably peaches and herb. i like that one.

   >> reunited and it feels so good.

   >> yeah.

   >> let's take a look at a clip.

   >> you're under arrest. you have the right to remain silent. anything you do or say can be used -- um, what's the next part?

   >> as a flotation device .

   >> as a flotation device . that's very funny. i have never miranda'd anyone before.

   >> is this for real? am i being punked?

   >> you gained weight for the movie.

   >> yeah.

   >> what was your splurge of choice?

   >> i got anything i could get my hands on -- lots of doughnuts. i was training for a movie i did before "the fighter" and i had to put on weight to do a couple of scenes. so in eight months i ate everything i could.

   >> how much did you gain.

   >> oh, 30. then they said you have to lose all the weight. we need more shots of you.

   >> i gained more.

   >> your splurge of choice?

   >> burritos filled with doughnuts.

   >> after working with him would you do another one with him?

   >> the question is with him. he has to be miserable in interviews with me. they created a monster because i was really shy coming in and then they encouraged me to be crazy and funny. now they can't turn me off.

   >> i don't want to make you feel bad but you may not know we start opposite each other -- starred opposite each other in " land of the lost ." what surprised me is i wasn't killed off at the end of the movie. if there is a sequel, i will probably get a call, aren't i?

   >> without a doubt, yeah.

   >> will there be a sequel?

   >> i think the sequel is just based on you, yeah.

   >> it will be a spin-off.

   >> yeah.

   >> will farrell , mark wahlberg , good to see you. pleasure to have you here. "the other guys" opens this friday in

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