Exclusive: Chris Spencer, Faison Love talk Back On The Strip and Spencer’s directorial debut
Hitting theaters on August 18 is the hilarious comedy Back on the Strip, which marks actor/comedian Chris Spencer’s directorial debut with an all-star cast including Tiffany Haddish, Wesley Snipes, JB Smoove, Faison Love, Bill Bellamy, and Gary Owen, and a surprise cameo from Kevin Hart.
In Back on the Strip, tough-as-nails Verna (Tiffany Haddish) sends her broken-hearted son Merlin (Spence Moore, Creed III) to Vegas, determined to help him make his dreams come true as a professional magician. But a chance meeting at a run-down hotel with Mr. Big (Wesley Snipes) - the front man of the once notorious Black male stripper crew known as “The Chocolate Chips” (JB Smoove, Faizon Love, Bill Bellamy & Gary Owen) - suddenly has Merlin thrust into a different kind of spotlight. In a race against time to get his girl back and help the out-of-shape and out-of-sync “Chips” rediscover their groove, Merlin will soon find he already has all the magic tricks he needs.
An actor, comedian, writer, and producer, Spencer has appeared in films such as Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood, The Sixth Man, Significant Others, and Postal. He was also a writer for the scripted comedy, Real Husbands of Hollywood.
Love has appeared in numerous comedy films including The Meteor Man, Don't Be a Menace, Friday, B*A*P*S, Elf, The Replacements, Made, Couples Retreat, and The War with Grandpa.