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You won't believe who Kanye West wants to play him in a movie

Los Angeles - Kanye West wants Will Ferrell to play him in a movie of his life. 

The 39-year-old rapper is a huge fan of the 49-year-old actor and even compared himself to one of Will's most famous characters, Buddy the Elf, in the Christmas movie Elf

In an interview for W magazine's first-ever his-and-hers fashion issue, Kanye said: "He is one of my personal gods. I would like Will Ferrell to play me in The Kanye West Story. Can you make that happen?''

Speaking about his Yeezy fashion label, Kanye compared himself to Buddy and said: ''I'm the elf that's Will Ferrell, that's too big for his hands to make the toys. 

''Play this shitt back in 10 years - I build things that mean things to people. I make the Christmas presents; number one requested Christmas present of 2015 Christmas, going into 2016, the fuckig Yeezy.''

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