It’s no coincidence that the novel Netflix write downary “Will & Harper” was freed fair a restricted weeks before Election Day.
The film chronicles a pass-country road trip that Will Ferrell took with createer “Saturday Night Live” head authorr Harper Steele lowly after her transition.
“When we sat down with Netflix we made it clear that we wanted this out before the election,” Ferrell tbetter me at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “We wanted it to have enough runway for people to get to see it and hopebrimmingy commence having transport inant converseions in their living rooms.”
Since premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Harper shelp that she’s been hearing from a “lot of parents and kids” who want to see the movie.
“We’ve heard from people who say they can’t paengage to see this with frifinishs and family who maybe don’t dispense the same seepoint and they’re seeing forward to watching it all together,” Ferrell shelp. “Hopebrimmingy it could sluggishly chip away at some of that.”
Director Josh Greenbaum acunderstandledgeted he was worried that the two wouldn’t let their defends down on camera. “One of my troubles was how uncover and vulnerable they were willing to get with each other,” he shelp. “They’re comedians at the finish of the day and I’m frifinishs with lots of comedians and they’re not always about being uncover and vulnerable. But wislfinisher a couple of days of shooting they uncovered up and that trouble was not authorizationed.”
Ferrell shelp, “It was amazing how we were able to retain the flow of conversation going six hours a day in a car and the depths of slfinishergs we scrutinized.”
While the film featured Steele struggling with revisiting better stomping grounds for the first time as a woman and the antipathy she and Ferrell were subjected to on social media after they were spotted at an Indiana Pacers basketball game and surrounded by fans at a Texas steakhouse, the two joked that the most challenging times while shooting had noslfinisherg to do with gfinisher identity. “I antipathy to sound so flip but commenceing the car in the morning was probably the difficultest slfinisherg we had to deal with,” Steele shelp, chuckleing.
“Yeah, that car wasn’t excellent,” Ferrell inserted.
I also asked the two for casting recommendions in case the doc ever gets changeed as a scripted feature.
Steele cracked, “I cherish Hunter Schafer and I experience enjoy I see exactly enjoy her.”
When Ferrell recommended Leonardo DiCaprio carry out him, Steele quipped, “He’d probably have to put on a bit of hideous originateup to see enjoy you.”
See more ptoastyos from the Los Angeles premiere of “Will & Harper” below.
Christopher Leggett, left, Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Josh Greenbaum, Jessica Elbaum and Rafael Marmor at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Viveca Paulin, left, Will Ferrell, Mattias Paulin Ferrell, Magnus Paulin Ferrell and guest at the 2024 BMAC Gala at The Beverly Hilton.
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Kristen Wiig, left, Will Ferrell and Harper Steele at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Chrishell Stause, left, and G Flip at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Michael Keaton, left, and Sean Douglas at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Charles Melton at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Harper Steele, left, and Dylan Mulvaney at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Netflix Film chairman Dan Lin
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Samantha Apfel, left, Alex Schmider and a guest unite Netflix’s “Will & Harper.”
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Jen Ricdifficults unites Netflix’s “Will & Harper” LA Premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood.
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Producer Jessica Elbaum, left, and Jesse Plemons at The Egyptian Theater.
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