Will & Harper: Will Ferrell takes an emotional road trip after close friend comes out as trans in documentary trailer

Will & Harper Trailer: Will Ferrell And Trans Friend Harper Steele Go On A Road Trip In Documentary

For decades now, Will Ferrell has been one of Hollywood’s funniest forces – with occasional detours into more dramatic territory. And his latest project seems to be a combination of both: a road trip documentary in which he embarks on a cross-country journey with his close friend Harper Steele, in the wake of her coming out to him as a trans woman. The resulting film is simply titled Will & Harper, and looks to be both zippy and funny, and tende…

Thirty years ago, Will Ferrell, a young SNL colt, met Harper Steele, who wrote the show. Beyond a fruitful creative partnership, until their recent collaboration on the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of...

Will Ferrell and friend Harper Steele head off on a road trip

Comedian Will Ferrell first became friends with writer Harper Steele when they both began working on the legendary US TV show Saturday Night Live. Ferrell’s career saw him become a successful movie star, and Steele became the head writer of the show that is an American institution. Two years ago, Ferrell was filming a movie when he received a most surprising email: His dear friend of nearly 30 years was coming out to him as a trans woman.  …

Netflix has released the trailer for Will & Harper, a heartwarming documentary starring Will Ferrell and screenwriter Harper Steele.

Will & Harper: Will Ferrell takes an emotional road trip after close friend comes out as trans in documentary trailer

Netflix has released the first trailer for Will & Harper, a documentary that follows Will Ferrell’s road trip with his long-time friend Harper Steele after she comes out as a trans woman. As Ferrell explains in the trailer, the pair met on Saturday Night Live many years ago when Ferrell joined the sketch comedy series as a performer and Steele as a writer. “I met a guy hired as a writer the same week I was hired. He wrote a bunch of sketches for…

‘Will & Harper’: Will Ferrell & ‘SNL’ Writer Friend Go On A Trans-Centered Road Trip Film Of Love & Acceptance

Right after “Despicable Me 4,” another Will Ferrell film seemed inevitable, but who knew a heartfelt documentary about acceptance and friendship would be what we would get? Directed by Josh Greenbaum, who directed the award-winning documentary “The Short Game,” the new doc “Will & Harper” is about, as the title and plot suggest, Ferrell and Harper Steele’s friendship conveyed through a seventeen-day road trip through the United States (read our …