Exclusive: Tiffany Haddish, Billy Crystal talk ‘Here Today’

Now out in theaters is the fun and heart-warming new film from Sony, HERE TODAY, starring Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal.

When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz (Billy Crystal) meets New York singer Emma Payge (Tiffany Haddish), they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust.

Directed by Billy Crystal, the cast also includes Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti, Louisa Krause, Anna Deavere Smith and Nyambi Nyambi. Crystal wrote the screenplay with Alan Zweibel, and based it on the short story “The Prize” by Zweibel.

Last seen in ‘Bad Trip,’ Haddish gets to work with and be directed by a comedy legend in Crystal. In playing Emma Payge, Haddish gets to explore some skill set that she probably didn’t she had or hadn’t used often enough. For Crystal, it’s his first theatrical film he’s directed since he did ‘Forget Paris’ back in 1995. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Haddish and Crystal about working together for the first time.