Will Ferrell and Trans Comedy Writer Harper Steeles Heartfelt Documentary Draws Multiple Standing Ovations at Sundance Premiere Variety

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Although Greenbaum is known for kooky comedies like “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “Strays,” Steele said the director felt like the right fit to handle this documentary with love, care and sensitivity..
“I felt like if we were going to be a part of this and create it with integrity, I owed it to Harper to be as open and emotionally available to what was going to happen,” Ferrell said..
to stand up and applaud after the premiere of “Will & Harper,” a funny, heartbreaking and poignant documentary about Will Ferrell taking a road trip with his longtime friend, Harper Steele, who transitioned at 61..
“I still don’t think Will knows what he did.” Ferrell spoke to Variety prior to the film’s premiere and admitted that he had “zero knowledge” about the trans community before Steele came out..
And this is for a documentary,” Ferrell said as he greeted the packed house in Park City on Monday night..
“The love these two friends have for one another fills me up,” a misty-eyed director Josh Greenbaum said during a post-screening Q&A..

Unlike Cannes and Venice, Sundance isnt a film festival that inspires too many standing ovations. But moviegoers at the Eccles Theatre were moved (more than once!) to stand up and applaud after the [+3171 chars]