Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish and Regina Hall inGirls Trip(2017).Photo: Short/Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock
Regina Hallis just as ready forGirls Trip 2as the fans!
In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE surroundingher partnership with Jameson Irish Whiskeyahead ofSt. Patrick’s Day, the 52-year-old actress says the long-awaited sequel to 2017’sGirls Tripwas first delayed because the cast and crew were “busy.”
“So then, when you lock in the time — when you’re like, ‘Oh, we can do it now’ — a pandemic comes. And then it’s like, ‘Well, we’ve got to wait,’ " she continues, citing theCOVID-19pandemic.
Hall says that “people were really waiting for things to calm down” before the pandemic hit, and do the sequel “if it made sense.”
“Because that whole film is about friendship and celebration,” she adds of the hit comedy, which costarredTiffany Haddish,Queen LatifahandJada Pinkett Smithas four college friends who travel to New Orleans forEssence Music Festivalto bond once more, years after graduation.
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Hall also says that she “found out in real-time with everyone else” that theupcoming sequel will take place in Ghana, as co-screenwriter Tracy Oliver toldVarietyat theSundance Film Festivalin January.
“So I’m assuming that that’s going to be fun,” the actress says. “I’m excited to see the girls again and to make something hopefully that the fans love.”
“I think thebiggest thing is we had so much funmaking the first one, and I just look forward to just having that kind of fun again and that audiences will hopefully love it as well,” she adds.
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Girls TripproducerWill Packerfirst announced thata sequel to the film was “underway"during a January 2022 appearance onGood Morning America.
“Can’t we all use a post-pandemic trip, my friend? I think that the time is actually right, and this is something that I will tell you and break right now atGMA:theGirls Trip 2sequel, we are underway,” Packer, 48, told hostMichael Strahanduring the broadcast at the time.
“We are absolutely in the stages, the ladies are in, I just talked to the director,” he added.
Oliver also confirmed toVarietyin January thatGirls Trip 2will feature the characters at Ghana’s annualAfrochellamusic festival.
source: people.com
