Actor and trans ally Will Ferrell has said that working on Will and Harper with trans best friend Harper Steele was “one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever gotten to be a part of.”
In this intimate, honest, and heartfelt documentary, Will and Harper hit the open road together to process this new stage of their friendship and reintroduce Harper to the country that she loves – this time, as herself. Over 16 days, the two drive from New York to LA, visiting stops that are meaningful to them, to their friendship, and to America.
Through laughter, tears, and many cans of Pringles, they push past their comfort zones as they re-examine their relationships to these spaces, and to each other, in this new light.
“Yes, we have serious conversations. But the goal is to make each other laugh. And that’s just the way we converse. Like our love language is comedy. And so when we decided to do this, we knew that we would be doing a lot of doing a lot of beats, doing a lot of things that made ourselves laugh. But we were so surprised that an audience thinks it’s funny, too. So that was a pleasant surprise,” said Ferrell.
Fans of the documentary say it has opened the door for people to have difficult conversations and to do so with love, empathy, and curiosity.
“I’m not exaggerating there isn’t a day that goes by that someone doesn’t come up to me and say, I saw Will and Harper and this is what it meant to me. And whether you’re, you know, someone in the trans community or whether you don’t, it’s just an advocacy for friendship and for civility and so it crosses over to a lot of people,” said Ferrell.
Will was recently awarded the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film.
