![]() "The mittens that were hanging off were leather, soaked from the snow, and frozen again, so it's like being slapped in the face with pork cutlets. In a blind rage, Billingsley's character knocks Ward's neighborhood bully to the ground and pummels him-a scene that Ward remembers clearly to this day. Which we did because I was about eight inches taller than everybody else."Īrguably one of the most iconic scenes in the 1983 film is when Ralphie snaps and finally beats up Farkus. " Bob Clark wanted to separate the bullies from the lead kids so that we still had a natural intimidation effect on them. "We didn't really hang out much," Ward said of himself and some of the other kids, including Billingsley. Ward added that back when a lot of the main cast members were kids in A Christmas Story, the on-camera tension carried over a bit to the set. "Being back on the set, there were moments where we'd turn and look at each other, and we just get this big smile on our faces and give each other a hug. "Doing this with the rest of the cast is huge," he said. ![]() Ward said that coming back for the sequel with the original gang was "a fantastic experience." While the first movie focused on Ralphie's obsession with swaying his parents into getting him a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, the sequel sees Ralphie, now an adult, return to his childhood home on Cleveland Street with his own children for Christmas. Robb as Schwartz as they reconcile and reconnect in the 1970s, roughly 30 years after the events of the original film. Parents get creative to make holiday magic: "The things we do"īesides Ward, the new film-which premieres on November 17 on HBO Max-sees the return of Billingsley, Ian Petrella as Randy, Scott Schwartz as Flick, and R.Why Candace Cameron Bure left Hallmark Channel.Coming to Prime Video in November: The 80 most exciting releases."I started doing charity fundraisers about 11 years ago, and I was working with bullying prevention programs, and then me and the other boys would do Christmas events across the country." To Ward, though, Farkus is a beloved persona. "And I'm sure the day that I die, they'll be like, 'Oh, by the way, Scut Farkus has passed, and his other name was Zack Ward.' So it's like being Batman, I guess."Anyone who has seen the 1983 film can probably picture Scut Farkus-his gleaming yellow eyes and his iconic raccoon hat-terrorizing protagonist Ralphie (played by Peter Billingsley) and his friends outside of school. "It's part of my life that I really couldn't separate away from," Ward told Newsweek in a recent interview. The 24-hour marathon airing on TBS while families make their Christmas Eve cookies to the melodic chimes of "You'll shoot your eye out!" has helped turn the film into a classic, and nearly 30 years later, the long-awaited sequel, A Christmas Story Christmas, is set to premiere.Īctor Zack Ward was 13 years old when he played the role of the menacing neighborhood bully, Scut Farkus, a lanky redhead who's famous for twisting kids' arms and making them scream "uncle." Despite all the time that's passed between the original and its new sequel, Ward says playing Farkus is second nature. For many, watching A Christmas Story is a holiday tradition.
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