Of both kids and viral Internet memes, it can be said—they grow up so fast! It was nine years ago that the world met Pearl, a drunken landlord on a mission to make Will Ferrell pay his rent.
She cursed a lot, reduced Ferrell to tears, and wore a princess dress. She was 20 months old. But the money-grubbing proprietor is all grown up now. During an interview with Studio , McKay revealed what became of the much meme-ified and very tiny proprietor. While the video got over 80 million views and gave Pearl the chance to star in a Jackie Chan movie and shoot her very own spread in People, McKay said he turned down all media opportunities. When I was six or seven, I went to get my hair cut and this lady said, "You look like Pearl from the Landlord video," and my nanny said, "Yeah, she was in that video.
Other than that, I haven't had any weird encounters. What do you think of when you picture a landlord and why do you think so many people have a negative perception of them? I think most people don't like their landlords just because they're a reminder that they have to pay rent. I don't think most landlords are actually mean, though. People just picture them in a mean way.
Besides "The Landlord," you've also done some acting in Anchorman 2. What sorts of roles you'd like to sink your teeth into going forward with your acting career? Any actors or actresses you'd like to work with? I love Jennifer Lawrence.
She seems like a great actress. I really like comedy. I do like drama improv classes. There's an after-school program where the drama teacher does improv stuff. I really like acting and I hope I get to do more of it. What's your favorite improv game? I like "Portrait," where you run up and everyone poses and they have to make a portrait.
My teacher taught us this game called "Emotional Park Bench" where one person gets an emotion and they walk in [to the scene], and another person walks in and has to figure out the emotion and then also be that emotion.
How do you think comedy has changed since "The Landlord" came out? Today, I think all the social medias have different types of humor. Awhile ago adults would go, "Oh, a two-year-old swearing, that's hilarious," but now I think that would only appeal to maybe a nine-year-old.
I don't really find it funny. Also, grownups will find humor on stuff like The Walking Dead. Anything my parents like they'll find something funny about it. Pearl is now 12 years old and the middle school student has quite a few opinions about what makes something funny, which she shares with Vice. Pearl stresses in her interview that comedy has grown since her dad's video went viral, and though she was the star, the juvenile humor is not particularly to her taste. I don't really find it funny.
And that is not the only place she differs from her director and writer dad — while she likes his early work, she is not a fan of his more serious offerings. It's probably a good movie but I kind of fell asleep during it. It's not really for year-olds.
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