{"id":131534,"date":"2019-04-09T10:42:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=131534"},"modified":"2019-04-09T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:04:24","slug":"exclusive-regina-hall-on-filming-little-the-message-it-presents-for-kids-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/exclusive-regina-hall-on-filming-little-the-message-it-presents-for-kids-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Regina Hall On Filming ‘Little’ & The Message It Presents For Kids & Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hitting theaters this week from Universal Pictures is producer\u00a0Will Packer<\/strong>\u2019s upcoming comedy Little, starring Black-ish star\u00a0Marsai Martin, Issa Rae<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Regina Hall<\/strong>.\u00a0The movie is based on a pitch by Martin.<\/p>\n

Regina Hall<\/strong>\u00a0and Marsai Martin\u00a0<\/strong>both star as Jordan Sanders \u2014 Hall as the take-no-prisoners tech mogul adult version of Jordan and Martin as the 13-year-old version of her who wakes up in her adult self\u2019s penthouse just before a do-or-die .<\/p>\n

Insecure\u2019s Issa Rae plays Jordan\u2019s long-suffering assistant April, the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body just as everything is on the line. Little is an irreverent new comedy about the price of success, the power of sisterhood and having a second chance to grow up \u2014 and glow up \u2014 right.<\/p>\n

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For Regina Hall, she gets to work along Issa Rae after appearing on Rae’s HBO show Insecure<\/strong> as well as the Black Lives Matter film, The Hate U Give<\/strong>. She recently spoke exclusively with Blackfilm.com regarding her role, being mean or bullied and the message this film brings.<\/p>\n

Nicole Granston: How did you enjoy playing the character of Jordan in this movie? It\u2019s not everyday you get to play the mean girl.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Regina Hall:<\/strong> I loved playing Jordan because she was so rotten. You like her because she\u2019s hilarious. I mean, who cuts people while they\u2019re in line, stares them down and then calls them broke? The look she gave them was so rude. Who does that? She was unbearable but I loved playing her. It was so much fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NG: We all have a \u2018hulk\u2019 impulse. Was there ever a time in life where you were the mean girl or were you ever bullied?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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RH:<\/strong> I wasn\u2019t the mean girl and I wasn\u2019t bullied because I would fight. My brothers would make me fight. I hated to see anyone get bullied, so I would stand up for people. I always feel like you can discuss something with people and express how you feel without being demeaning or yelling. Although there\u2019s room for human error, as we can\u2019t live in a state of human perfection. But it is fun to play someone that does not know how to do that and is out of her mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NG: What was your favorite scene(s) from the movie?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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RH:<\/strong> The one where she\u2019s telling them to come up with ideas and wondering why they can\u2019t in that awful environment. One person is crying and Jordan yells, \u201cthis isn\u2019t about you\u201d and then she turns to someone else and says, \u201cyou know you need the health benefits\u201d. That scene was fun to do because some of it was improved and they didn\u2019t know what was coming. There\u2019s also the scene at the end where she unveils the new logo. I don\u2019t want to give too much away but you realize Jordan has come a long way, but she\u2019s still not fully there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n