Andy Richter Reveals Which ‘Elf’ Scenes Were Filmed in a Mental Hospital That ‘Still Had Patients’

Will Ferrell's 'Elf' co-star recalls filming holiday hit at working mental hospital: 'What were people thinking?'

Andy Richter revealed that interior scenes for "Elf" were filmed at Riverview Hospital, a functioning psychiatric facility with patients still inside.

Andy Richter Reveals Which ‘Elf’ Scenes Were Filmed in a Mental Hospital That ‘Still Had Patients’

Andy Richter is revealing a not-so-well-known fact about the cheery holiday movie Elf. “There was this old mental hospital that had a couple empty wings, and that’s where the offices are, the Hobbs’ home, the mailroom; almost all the interiors of the movie are in a mental hospital that was still functioning a little bit. […]