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Madea is the feisty, wise-cracking old woman
who has been portrayed on film by Tyler Perry since 2005, while
Agnes Brown of hit Irish sitcom "Mrs. Brown's Boys" has been the
alter ego of Brendan O'Carroll since 2011.
"We got together - our birthdays are a few days apart," Perry
said in an interview at the movie premiere in Los Angeles. "It's
a match made in heaven or in hell, depending on who you ask."
"I think this pandemic, we need a laugh," O'Carroll recalled
Perry as saying to him. "I said, 'I'm on board. Count me in.'"
Both comedians' love for improvising has its pros and cons,
O'Carroll said. "We'd be riffing, riffing, riffing, riffing,
riffing, riffing, and eventually one of us would have to say,
'Oh look, cut, we have to cut' because we could keep going on
forever and ever."
While both franchises have been critically panned, they are
loved by audiences - and the actors.
"It was double the trouble, and I mean, there was underwear and
there was boobs everywhere," said Brandon Black, who plays
Madea's great-grandson. "It was a very, very funny experience to
be in, because I'm like, 'This is literally Madea of the UK.'"
In the film, Black's character, Tim, returns from college with
friend Davi (Isha Blaaker) in tow. What was supposed to be a
celebration becomes mired by hidden secrets and family drama.
Netflix will stream the film, which Perry also wrote, produced
and directed, globally on Feb. 25.
This is the first time O'Carroll's sitcom is going beyond
Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil and
Mexico.
"You just go wow, this is genuinely and really worldwide,"
O'Carroll said.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross and Alan Devall; Editing by Richard
Chang)
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