Tyler Perry, Tiffany Haddish somber at film premiere
AT THE WORLD premiere of his new film, Nobody’s Fool, Tyler Perry hoped that “good people” from all backgrounds will “step up and do the right thing” to end the divisive speech that many believe has led to violence.
Perry, who serves as the film’s writer, director and producer, expressed his anger before a screening in New York on Sunday. He denounced “people using their microphone and platform for division to tear us apart just to win.”
“I’m hoping that good people will step up and do the right thing. Black, white, Republican, Democrat, gay, straight – step up, vote, do the right thing to make sure that this kind of voice and rhetoric is extinguished,” Perry said.
Perry was reeling from violent events. Nobody’s Fool
star Tiffany Haddish hopes that in some way the film can provide an escape from the violence and threats. “Well, it has been a lot of tragedy, and a lot of bad things going on this past week. And I think the best medicine for that is to laugh, to find some way to escape a little bit,” Haddish said.
Haddish stars in the comedy as a woman recently released from prison who reunites with her sister. But she soon discovers that her sister is in an online relationship with a man she thinks may be manipulating her. Omari Hardwicke, who also co-stars in the film, thinks it’s the entire world that has become harsher, and sees non-political issues as contributors. “I feel the country is colder, way more callous. People don’t care as much. There is a spiritual nature that is gone in households, and kids are growing up way too fast,” Hardwicke said.
Well, it has been a lot of tragedy, and a lot of bad things going on this past week.” Tiffany Haddish