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: Nov 9, 2026 4:23am UTC
U2 guitarist The Edge apparently had such a good idea for Elf 2 that he went out of his way to write his own script.
That’s according to Elf actor and Dancing with the Stars legend Andy Richter, who spilled the beans about the musician’s fondness for Christmas during an episode of The Daily Beast’s Obsessed podcast. It’s a pairing no one ever saw coming but one that apparently still happened – or at least it almost happened.
Richter said the story of The Edge (real name: David Howell Evans) and his secret Elf 2 script comes from producer and frequent Will Ferrell collaborator Shauna Robertson. When exactly the elusive script would have been written is unclear.
The Edge. Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP via Getty Images.
“She was in Europe, and somebody reached out to her and said, ‘The Edge from U2 has written a sequel to Elf, and he wants to talk to you about it.’ It’s the weirdest story, but apparently, it was fully written,” Richter recalled.
