Details

Release year: 2015

Storyline

Brad Whitaker is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when their biological father, Dusty Mayron, returns.

Top credits

Directors

Sean Anders

Writers

Cast

Will Ferrell — Brad Whitaker
Mark Wahlberg — Dusty Mayron
Linda Cardellini — Sara
Thomas Haden Church — Leo Holt

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Did you know

• The scene involving Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) botching a half-court shot and hitting a cheerleader with a basketball was filmed during the half-time of a real NBA game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers in New Orleans, Louisiana. Videos of the incident quickly popped up on video sites such as YouTube and Vine.

• Tony Hawk and Mike McGill served as stunt doubles for a skateboarding scene in the film.

• Mark Wahlberg had to do about seven hundred assisted one-armed pull-ups for the garage scene. There was someone under Wahlberg assisting him so he would not sound strained during the conversation. Numerous takes from many different angles had to be done.