The superstar comedian and his best friend and collaborator discuss the journey that deepened their friendship.
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From the New York Times this is the interview.
I'm David Marchese.
How well do we know our friends, our neighbors, ourselves?
In the new documentary Will and Harper, Will Ferrell and his best friend and frequent collaborator Harper Steele take a cross country road trip together to try to answer those questions.
Hitting the highway on a quest for meaning is a classic american story, but this time there's a fresh angle.
Harper is a trans woman who came out to her friends, including Will, two years ago.
That was after years as a comedy writer, many of them at Saturday Night.
Live, where they both worked, and where.
Harper eventually became a head writer.
They both have mixed feelings about their work at SNL, as they explained to me, they also had some ups and downs on their road trip, which was ultimately a chance for them to talk through what Harper's transition means for their friendship and for them both to get a clearer sense of how their fellow Americans really feel about transgender identity.
The film's soul searching often comes wrapped in laughs.
But given how politicized trans rights have become, especially in the past few years, even situations set up for comedy can turn tense.
Theres a scene in the movie where Harper and will stop for what they hope is a silly, fun dinner steak eating challenge at an amarillo, Texas steakhouse and things get well.