'Will and Harper' follows him and his friend Harper Steele on a road trip they decide to take after she revealed she was a trans woman.
The latest apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump highlights the divisions in the country, ahead of November’s election. Particularly divisive is the issue of transgender rights. And it’s one the actor Will Ferrell is tackling head on in his latest film.
‘Will and Harper’ follows him and his friend Harper Steele on a road trip they decide to take after she revealed she was a trans woman. They revisit some of her favourite places across small-town America, along with director Josh Greenbaum – some are more tolerant than others.Definitely from my perspective, here’s the first person I knew who was trans and all the questions that were in my mind, not wanting to make a mistake, wanting to honour her in the right way and learn the vernacular – learn what had changed, what had not changed, if anything.I love this country so much. I just don’t know if it loves me back right now.
The pair are surprised by the warm reception they receive in a bar in Oklahoma. But at a steakhouse in Texas, even Ferrell dressed as Sherlock Holmes cannot defuse a tense situation with people staring and posting anti-trans hate online.The next day I felt like I put my friend in a strange situation. But, you know, in hindsight, yeah, it was emotional. It was disturbing, but important to experience that for me.
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