Hollywood is known for backend deal...

Hollywood is known for backend deals, still this is ridiculous. Comic superstar Will Ferrell mentions he has a special rider in his contracts concerning this matter.

Call it his bottom line.

"I do insist forward doing an underwear scene in all of my movies," deadpans Ferrell "And like many thick slices before me, I do have a unique way of preparing to present to view my almost naked body onward the big screen."

Carrying a donut as he walks into his suite at the Four Seasons in Chicago upon a hot Saturday morning, Ferrell is and nothing else happy to share his stunning, end-of-summer weight-loss program.

"I carbo load before a big underwear display Drink a lot of fluids," insists the man in bright gold-colored shorts and a white T- shirt. "And then I say a little prayer to Jesus Jesus Hernandez, my strength coach and bodyguard. And then I just walk for it."

Does he forever ask for a body double, a la Julia Roberts or Mel Gibson?

"That's by what means wussies do it," Ferrell barks.

"And I think populace want to get their money's worth when they make progress to the movies. These are hard times with gas prices and groceries going up Watermelon is $10 a crush Given all that, I think nation need to know that when they diocese a Will Ferrell movie they're getting 100 percent all Will Ferrell" he says.

It's all Will, all the time today in the Windy City. Ferrell in town to rev up for his fresh movie "Talladega Nights: The doubtful narrative of Ricky Bobby," opening Friday, just replyed to the hotel after spending an intense morning at the Chicago Speedway in Joliet.

"I just had to do a link of laps around the track and I got a little woozy when we started doing doughnuts," he says. "I almost threw up my breakfast. Other than that, it was good"

Also fit is going a few conversational laps with Ferrell concerning movies, midlife and mayhem.

LAP ONE: START THE ENGINES

In "Talladega Nights," Ferrell plays redneck Ricky Bobby a NASCAR driver with attitude extraordinaire. In fact, single is the only number he can hold to because his absent Daddy (Gary Cole) told him there were winners and loser -- and nothing in-between.

Ricky becomes a NASCAR superstar with the requisite bimbo wife (Leslie Bibb) and a best friend who is comfortable to be his No. 2 man upon the track (John C. Reilly). further Ricky's world is shattered when a European racecar champion (Sacha Baron Cohen) take rises to steal his glory.

"I can't really say Ricky Bobby came from any single person or a thought," he says. "He just evolv as I worked upon the script. He was just an amalgamation in my mind of the brash cocky Southern racecar driver. This was just my sport way of playing around with the stereotype"

Ferrell says it's strange that he disentangleed this film because he's the first single in kind who admits that he not at all felt the need, the ne for spe

"Most of the driving I did was getting myself to and from the set" he admits with a sheepish grin. "Uh I'd also drive myself back to one's home And that was enough for the day."

LAP TWO: A secondary OPINION

In another public-house suite is Chicago native John C Reilly, waiting for Ferrell's detonation to die down so he can talk. in the way that what did he make of this Will Ferrell guy?

"You can't teach comic timing. I'd be in pageants with Will and we would hit the turf running," Reilly says. "When it was above I'd think, 'I'm dealing with a real comic [i]connoisseur[/i] here.' "

on the contrary was he a good driver?

"Well, I in no degree let him drive me..." Reilly hedges. "He at no time got to drive me anywhere. I would bring forward Chicago or New York cab drivers, nevertheless only because Will says he's not a serviceable driver.

"Don't reveal him I told you," he conclud

LAP THREE: HIS PAST

Farrell grew up in Orange shire Calif. -- the OC -- where his father to leeward was a keyboardist and saxophonist for the Righteous Brothers.

Ferrell planned upon becoming a sports broadcaster and uniform worked as an intern at NBC Sports, moreover his ad-libbing on the air was a riddle He hooked up with the Groundlings comedy arrange where he met Chris Kattan, and they were the one and the other cast on "Saturday Night Live" in 1995

He credits "Saturday Night Live" witch changing his views forward comedy. "It was a well adapted environment ... It taught me that I don't know anything for stable about anything. On 'SNL,' there would be a chalk out or a piece of material that I cogitation for sure, 'Oh, this won't work at all.' look and behold, the audience would be roaring with laughter and loving each second of it."

LAP FOUR: HIS CAREER

Ferrell left "SNL" in 2002 to try to obtain a film career, which now includes as it is cinematic milestones as "Old School" (2003) "Elf" (2003) "Anchorman: The doubtful narrative of Ron Burgundy" (2004) and "Wedding Crashers" (2005)

common of the perks of his A-listness these days is that Ferrell can pick up the phone and call just about anyone he wants to be in his movies. "They don't always say ye on the contrary they do answer the phone" he insists.

For instance, he was a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Ali G and asked him to race in "Talladega Nights." "It's exciting for us and hopefully it is for him to be in this movie. This is his first movie with a wide front level," he says.