Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown Talk Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. and Singing Knuck If You Buck

With writer-director Adamma Ebo’s Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. opening in theaters and streaming on Peacock starting tomorrow, I recently spoke to Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown about making the satirical comedy. In the film, Hall plays Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch that once served tens of thousands of people. But after a scandal involving her husband, Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Brown), forced the church to temporarily close, Trinitie struggles to contain the fallout, as they both try to rebuild their congregation and church. The film was initially created as a short back in 2018 by sisters Adamma and Adanne Ebo. During the interview, Hall and Brown talked about why they wanted to be part of the project, how the film critiques the church but from a place of love, what it was like preparing for their roles, if it was harder to learn their lines or the lyrics to “Knuck If You Buck,” praise miming, and what someone should watch if they’ve never seen their work.