Documentary about the holiday movie Elf reveals behind-the-scenes secrets
New episodes of the docu-series The Holiday Movies That Made Us debuted on Netflix this month One is filled with interviews and behind-the-scenes details about 2003's Elf The filmmakers revealed that the man with a beard and red tracksuit that Buddy the Elf approaches in Manhattan wasn't an actor or extra, but a real New Yorker They also shared the cinematic tricks they used to make Buddy look so much bigger than the other elves