Girls Trip’s Regina Hall and Black-ish’s Marsai Martin both star as Jordan Sanders in Little.
Have you ever wondered how Little made it to the big screen? Guess what, Black-ish’s Marsai Martin story is all revealed and it’s just such an awesome story.
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Did you know it took a then-10-year-old Marsai Martin to notice a rather obvious cultural gap?
Marsai Martin, 14, had this to say about Little:
It was during season one of Black-ish when we were on hiatus. It was the first time I learned what a hiatus was. So I thought, ‘Ok, we’re on a break, how about we create something?’ There weren’t a lot of little black girls with glasses that looked like me on TV or in movies, so I just wanted to create something where you see more of myself and what you look like.
Martin explains:
I think this film can actually inspire girls and teenagers like me to realize that it doesn’t matter how old you are. You don’t have to wait until you’re a certain age if you want to create something. When people see this film, I want them to take away the fact that they can do anything at any age. I don’t care if you’re 7, 2 or 82, you can do whatever you want at any age and at any time and you can impact other kids like me.
From there Martin and her parents, Josh and Carol Martin, took the idea to Black-ish creator Kenya Barris.
She adds:
Kenya suggested we take it to Will Packer Productions. We didn’t really need to sell it; it was more about Will hearing the idea.
Josh Martin goes on to say:
He was already sold on Marsai and her capabilities. Will Packer Productions was the perfect home for this idea. When we told them the concept, they just got it.
Marsai adds:
Josh and my good friend Kenya came into my office and pitched me the story and I loved it.
Will Packer explains:
Marsai was in the room and acted out some scenes, and I could just feel the energy and see that this was a movie we hadn’t seen before. My youngest daughter is the same age as Marsai. I realized that there aren’t a lot of aspirational movies where she can see herself on screen or identify with the protagonist, and I thought Marsai’s idea was a very cool concept.
Parker was impressed that a little 10-year-old, came in and pitched a movie to a Hollywood producer.
Little Movie details:
This movie is about a magical event that happens and how a young girl can turn a curse into an actual gift. There are some really important messages in this movie about being true to who you are. The film is about being stronger by using the people around you rather than putting them down. We’re all stronger when we’re working with other people versus doing things alone.
Little is about Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall) a take-no-prisoners tech mogul adult version of Jordan. Marsai Martin as the 13-year-old version of her who wakes up in her adult self’s penthouse just before a do-or-die presentation.
Insecure’s Issa Rae plays Jordan’s long-suffering assistant April. She is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body just as everything is on the line. Little is an irreverent new comedy about the price of success, the power of sisterhood and having a second chance to grow up — and glow up — right.
Will Packer, blockbuster producer of Girls Trip, the Ride Along franchise, and ten movies that have opened No. 1 at the U.S. box office, including Night School, No Good Deed and Think Like a Man, brings an all-new perspective to the body-swap comedy.
Little is directed by Tina Gordon (writer, Drumline) with a story by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip) and a screenplay by Oliver and Gordon, based on an idea by teen actress Martin. The film is produced by Packer and his producing partner James Lopez and by Kenya Barris (Girls Trip, Black-ish), and is executive produced by Preston Holmes (Night School), Hall, Marsai Martin and Josh Martin.
