A man will do just about anything when braving the frozen tundra. And for an upcoming episode of the Discovery Channel series Man vs. Wild, Will Ferrell even drank urine.

Joining Bear Grylls for 48 hours in Sweden’s ice-bound mountain ranges, Ferrell tandem-abseiled off a helicopter, rappelled down hundred-foot frozen waterfalls and made snow shoes from saplings.

“To be able to participate in an episode of Man vs. Wild was a thrill of a lifetime, even though I did get urine-drunk, which is sad,” Ferrell said.

The interesting drink choice was paired with a meal of reindeer eyeballs.

“Will did an amazing job in subzero, very unforgiving conditions,” Grylls said. “He should be very proud of how he performed.” He added to Variety: “He trusted me when it mattered and we survived.”

Ferrell’s episode of Man vs. Wild will air the first week of June on Discovery, coinciding with his Land of the Lost debut, which hits theaters June 5.

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Will Ferrell was left scarred by a teenage bully who threatened to shrink him.

The Elf star suffered nightmares about becoming the size of an ant after a neighborhood bully threatened to bring him down to size.

Ferrell recalls, “He threatened to put shrinking powder on me and I believed he had the ability to do that.

“He had some vial of something and said, ‘This is shrinking powder. You better watch it!’ Eventually my mom marched me over and told the kid to tell me it wasn’t real.”

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Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are reuniting for an as-yet-untitled comedy project about Sherlock Holmes.The movie would feature Cohen as the master detective and Ferrell as his assistant, Dr. Watson. It’s being written by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) and produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, who previously produced Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, in which the actors costarred. ”Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh,” Columbia Pictures copresident Matt Tolmach said in Variety. There’s no word on when the film is due to go into production; presently, Cohen is at work on Bruno, while Ferrell recently wrapped Land of the Lost and has Step Brothers coming out later this month.

This is the second project featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth currently in development at a major studio. A drama from director Guy Ritchie is in the works elsewhere.

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Will Ferrell is set to return as 1970s newsman Ron Burgundy in a sequel to hit comedy Anchorman.

Director Adam McKay announced his plans for a second Anchorman film during an interview with website Collider.com over the weekend.

He revealed, “Will and I are like, ‘Let’s do Anchorman 2,’ so you’re talking, like, in two years, maybe we’ll do it. But we’re going to do it, for sure. We’re dying to do it.”

McKay insists the only thing that will scupper sequel plans will be if he and Ferrell cannot bring the original cast back.

He adds, “That’s always kind of a tricky thing. But, I think, with that cast we’re all friends, so yeah, we want to do it.”

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The grizzly bear featured in Will Ferrell’s movie Semi-Pro has attacked and killed a 39-year-old trainer at a Hollywood animal sanctuary.

Five year old Rocky was restrained with pepper spray after biting Stephan Miller on the neck at the Predators in Action facility in Big Bear, California, which is owned by his cousin Randy Miller.

Medics were called after the attack on Tuesday, but were unable to revive Miller.

Rocky, who is 7.5 feet tall and weighs 700 pounds, wrestled with Ferrell in his recent movie, and was recently described by Randy Miller as “the best bear in the business”.

The Department of Fish and Game will now decide Rocky’s fate, following an investigation.

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I almost peed my pants at the end of the trailer for “Step Brothers“.  Unfortunately, I cannot embed the trailer on my site here – so you’re going to have to go over to Yahoo to view it.  TRUST ME…it’s well worth it!

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