The northern lights may be visible over the lower 48 states starting Thursday night, offering a somewhat rare chance to see the spectacular phenomenon.
24.09.2024 - 20:59 / cntraveler.com
Few films drive home travel’s ability to help us understand one another as poignantly as Will & Harper. When Will Ferrell’s longtime friend and Saturday Night Live collaborator Harper Steele comes out as a trans woman, the two set off on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles to better understand her transition and, in turn, their friendship. “I love this country so much,” Harper says. “I just don’t know if it loves me back right now.” Over 17 days, a three-vehicle crew followed the pair and, with mounts on Harper’s Jeep and car-to-car shooting, captured 240 hours of footage. Here, director Josh Greenbaum reflects on the places that moved him and on navigating the country in a new light.
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Will & Harper follows longtime friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele on a cross-country road trip after the latter's transition to live as a woman.
Some of the film’s locations like Iowa City and Mojave hold a special meaning for Harper. How did you go about putting those other pins on the map?
At the start of the project, I said to Harper, “This is your and Will’s trip. Map it out, I just need to make sure production can pull it off.” We knew Will would meet Harper upstate before heading west. New York City is special for them, so they started where they first met: Saturday Night Live. Will then wanted to go to DC, where I lost him in the International Spy Museum. He’s calling “Come find me!” and he’s hiding in an air duct. I knew Will and Harper wanted to go to an NBA game because they used to do that together. Iowa City, which you mention, is special because it’s where Harper is from. I remember hitting a patch of snow and saying “Let’s go south,” because it was getting cold up north, so we headed towards Texas. We always wanted to do that southern route and stop along the way. I can’t remember if Vegas was on the original itinerary—neither of them are big Vegas people—but I let Will and Harper steer the road map.
These are roads that Harper has at once traveled down before yet never travelled down as this new version of herself. What do you think that says about coming back to places?
I think we’ve all returned to places years later, which bring out different emotions. I vividly remember the first time I came back to my hometown after being away at university: walking into my house and it feeling different, smelling different. There’s a nostalgia and a distancing that’s sad, yet joyful. For Harper that was much of the experience, because she was rediscovering these places. Returning where she wasn’t sure she could be accepted and then being accepted was
The northern lights may be visible over the lower 48 states starting Thursday night, offering a somewhat rare chance to see the spectacular phenomenon.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jennison Grigsby, an American mom and yoga teacher who lives in Valencia, Spain. It's been edited for length and clarity.
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