--- description: Will Ferrell took an epic half-court shot during Wednesday's Los Angeles Lakers game—straight into a cheerleader's face. title: Watch Will Ferrell Throw a Basketball at a Cheerleader's Face image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Will Ferrell Throw a Basketball at a Cheerleader's Face  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 2015 3:32 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 2015 3:32 PM CUT Will Ferrell took an epic half-court shot during Wednesday’s Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Pelicans game—straight into a cheerleader’s face. But don’t worry, it was for a movie. Ferrell was filming for his upcoming role in _Daddy’s Home._ He stars alongside Mark Wahlberg for the movie coming out later this year. After the shot, Ferrell was faux-ejected from the stadium: > [](https://twitter.com/thecajunboy/status/558088888661843968) _Read next:_ [_Watch Kevin Hart Teach Will Ferrell How to Survive Prison in the New Get Hard Trailer_](http://time.com/3642846/get-hard-trailer/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678340/will-ferrell-basketball-cheerleader/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678340/will-ferrell-basketball-cheerleader/"},"headline":"Watch Will Ferrell Throw a Basketball at a Cheerleader's Face","datePublished":"2015-01-22T15:32:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:10.546Z","description":"It's pretty brutal","url":"https://time.com/3678340/will-ferrell-basketball-cheerleader/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678340/will-ferrell-basketball-cheerleader/","name":"Watch Will Ferrell Throw a Basketball at a Cheerleader's Face"}}]}] ```