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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Ashley Lee

Behind the scenes of Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell's chaotic 'Spirited' tap dance

The most over-the-top sequence of "Spirited" wasn't supposed to happen. It was just a throwaway joke in the initial script.

Yet the five-minute number called "Good Afternoon" has Ryan Reynolds singing with a bad cockney accent, Will Ferrell tap dancing on a fallen wall, 40 other performers flooding a cobblestone street and Dame Judi Dench making a self-referential cameo.

"We wanted to make this one the most comedic song in the film," says director Sean Anders of the show-stopping moment. "It took a lot of work because it's so over the top and ridiculous and has so many moving parts, but it's just so much fun."

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