{"id":132844,"date":"2019-05-02T12:16:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=132844"},"modified":"2019-05-12T17:03:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:03:44","slug":"tribeca-2019-tiffany-haddish-showrunner-lisa-hanawalt-talk-about-new-animated-netflix-series-tuca-bertie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/tribeca-2019-tiffany-haddish-showrunner-lisa-hanawalt-talk-about-new-animated-netflix-series-tuca-bertie\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribeca 2019: Tiffany Haddish, Showrunner Lisa Hanawalt talk about new animated Netflix series \u2018Tuca & Bertie\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During\u00a0Tribeca TV, Tuca & Bertie had its premiere at the 2019<\/strong> Tribeca Film Festival<\/strong> at Spring Studio.<\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish<\/strong> stars in the Netflix adult animated\u00a0comedy series\u00a0Tuca & Bertie<\/strong> created by BoJack Horseman<\/i> animator Lisa Hanawalt.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>The show is\u00a0about the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building: Tuca (Tiffany Haddish), a cocky, care-free toucan, and Bertie (Ali Won<\/strong>g), an anxious, daydreaming songbird.<\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm spoke to showrunner\/creator Lisa Hanawalt and star Tiffany Haddish at the premiere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm: Can you talk about your series? What was it like for you to be part of this on Netflix?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lisa Hanawalt:<\/b> It is so great creating my first series for Netflix. I just really wanted to make a show about female friendship. Between two women in their thirties. <\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm: How did you approach Tiffany Haddish to be not only a part of the project? But also one of the producers? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Hanawalt:<\/b> We asked Tiffany pretty early on. I had watched Girls Trip. And when I was watching it. I was like. \u201cOmigod\u2026she\u2019s such a Tuca. She\u2019s perfect.\u201d \u00a0 <\/span>So we asked her and then we went about finding a Bertie. Ali Wong was just perfect. She had the best audition. And the two of them had great chemistry together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BlackFilm: So, it\u2019s an animated series. But the dialogue is true to the experiences of the women.\u00a0 <\/span>How did you decide to do that approach? To have it where it is not a conventional series? A lot of people when they think about an animated series they think it would be for kids. But this is a very contemporary and modern take on women and their experiences. How did you decide to do that? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Hanawalt:<\/b> I really love adult animation. I\u2019ve loved it my whole life, but there isn\u2019t a whole lot out there about women and our experiences. So I was really just making a show that I want to see personally.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BlackFilm: Do you have any other projects other than this?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Hanawalt:<\/b> I\u2019m still working on Bojack Horseman. We\u2019re working on Season 6 right now. <\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm: How did you give input into your character?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish:<\/b> Well, I read the script and they wrote it for me. It\u2019s pretty much like me and I said okay. I didn\u2019t say like. \u201cNow, I\u2019m going to be\u2026\u201d I didn\u2019t do all of that. <\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm: Did you give any input into some of the story lines? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish:<\/b> I didn\u2019t have to give any input into the storyline. I just came in there, did my thing and cracked a little few extra jokes. I saw the jokes that they had. I dropped a few jokes that were somewhat like that joke and let it go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BlackFilm: The creator said that because she saw Girls Trip<\/i> and your performance in that movie. That is why she selected you and thought you were the perfect woman to portray the character.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish<\/b>: She wrote that woman a lot like me. <\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm: What can we expect from the season?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish:<\/b> You can expect a lot of laughs. And you can expect to pee on yourself a little bit. Because you are gonna laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BlackFilm: Are you going to do a Girls Trip 2? There were rumors about a sequel.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish:<\/b> I would love for that to happen. I\u2019m praying on that. <\/span><\/p>\n

BlackFilm: Do you have any other projects as well?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tiffany Haddish:<\/b> Girl, yeah I\u2019ve got a gang of projects. Google me. I\u2019m out here winning! My knees hurt. That\u2019s how hard I\u2019m winning. I gotta go sit my ass down. Thank you boo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuca & Bertie is now streaming on Netflix.<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n