Will Ferrell admits that he felt a bit Grinch-y about 2003’s “Elf.” The comedian told Amy Poehler on her “Good Hang” podcast Tuesday that he had serious doubts about his now-beloved Christmas classic when he first began filming it — and admitted to thinking four hilarious words the first time he saw himself dressed up as his character, Buddy the Elf. “I’m sitting in my trailer in my ‘Elf’ tights, looking in the mirror, going ‘What have you done?’” Ferrell told Poehler.“We shoot the New York stuff first. So I don’t even know if I know who this character is yet and I’m … walking around in yellow tights and [thought] ‘Oh my God. What? This could be it.’”Will Ferrell attends a game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Los Angeles Kings in 2024 dressed as Buddy the Elf. Ronald Martinez via Getty ImagesFerrell remembered worrying about what people would say about his performance.“‘That guy was so funny... and then he made this movie where he played a giant elf,’” Ferrell recalled fearing. Poehler instantly understood the stakes he was facing.“It could be like, he’s a genius, classic Christmas movie forever, or the tights were the thing that killed his career,” Poehler said.“But I remember going, ‘This is either going to be a home run, or it’s going to be a complete strikeout,’” Ferrell said about the film.Ferrell explained to Poehler earlier in the interview that after he left “Saturday Night Live” in 2002, he didn’t really have any jobs lined up, and “Elf” was pretty much all there was.He told The Wall Street Journal a similar thing in 2022.“There really wasn’t a pile of scripts waiting for me. It was more like, ‘I’m doing well from the show. I’m pretty well-known. Let’s use this momentum to try,’” Ferrell told the Journal.Clearly, things worked out for Ferrell in the end. After “Elf,” he moved on to star in a string of comedy classics like 2004’s “Anchorman,” 2006’s “Talladega Nights,” 2008’s “Step Brothers” and 2007’s “Blades of Glory” — the latter of which Poehler co-starred in.