Will Ferrell: The Comedian Reflects On 'Fiction'

This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 9, 2006. Will Ferrell is currently appearing in a four-episode arc on NBC's The Office.

Comedian and actor Will Ferrell talks about his 2006 film, Stranger Than Fiction. Ferrell plays an accountant who finds that his life has a voiceover that only he can hear. It turns out he's the subject of a novel, and that the writer plans to kill him.

Ferrell became famous as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2002, and went on to star in movies such as Old School, Elf and Talladega Nights: The Ballady of Ricky Bobby. Copyright 2011 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.