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  • It's a movie called Downhill, which is hilarious, and also

  • heartbreaking, and so many--

  • explain the movie to them.

  • Well, the movie is inspired by a Swedish film

  • called Force Majeure.

  • And it's the story of an American family

  • on vacation in Austria.

  • And while they're there, an avalanche

  • happens when they're sitting outside at a restaurant.

  • And it comes dangerously close.

  • It actually almost looks as if it's going to hit them.

  • And the mother in the family grabs her two children--

  • I play the mom--

  • grabs her two kids to protect them.

  • And the father, played by Will Ferrell, grabs his cell phone

  • and runs away.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • It definitely-- it's something Andy would do.

  • I can see Andy running away with his phone.

  • No, you'd stay for one of the kids, anyway.

  • Speaking of, either of your kids and want to act?

  • One is in a band.

  • What's the other?

  • Yeah, he also acts, by the way.

  • And my younger son is an actor, and is in a couple of-- he's

  • just got into a movie that he's making with-- he

  • made with Amy Poehler.

  • Oh, wow.

  • And he's really good.

  • That's fantastic.

  • I know, he's very wonderful.

  • That's very cool.

  • I figured they'd be creative.

  • Now, when you were in Austria-- because you shot in Austria--

  • do you ski?

  • I do.

  • Because it looked like you skied.

  • Did you learn to ski?

  • Or you already skied?

  • No, I already skied.

  • And it was-- can I just say how unbelievable it was?

  • We were in the Austrian Alps shooting for two months.

  • And I had to--

  • the most incredible thing to witness

  • was this nimble, flexible crew that we had.

  • Because we had to shoot scenes while skiing,

  • which meant that the crew was there next to you on skis

  • skiing backwards with a camera.

  • Wow.

  • Yeah, it was crazy town.

  • That's amazing.

  • Yeah, i twas fun though, super fun.

  • I got to get these camera guys to start going backwards.

  • You're just standing here most of the time.

  • You got to--

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • Yeah, it was a gas.

  • It's a great movie.

  • It really is.

  • And it's you and Will Ferrell.

  • And I just love the two of you together.

  • And I couldn't believe that you hadn't worked together before.

  • I know.

  • We never met until the this picture.

  • It's great.

  • Thank you.

  • The two of you are great.

  • Thank you.

  • We'll play a game after this.

It's a movie called Downhill, which is hilarious, and also

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