Watch Will Ferrell Hit Cheerleader Right in the Face with a Basketball

Comedian-actor Will Ferrell was thrown out by security for throwing a basketball right into the face of an NBA cheerleader during the Los Angeles Lakers versus the New Orleans Pelicans game Wednesday night.

Although the hit appeared to be very painful, sources reported that the incident was a part of Ferrell's latest movie called "Daddy's Home." The scene that was filmed was supposed to a fail mid-court shot.

In the movie, which also stars Mark Wahlberg and Linda Cardellini, Ferrell plays "a divorced guy's [whose] ex-wife re-marries someone way more uptight...he re-enters her life and wreaks havoc," according to IMBD.

Here are several clips of the scene that has taken the Internet by storm: