Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy don chic headwear as they join forces filming The Kitchen in the Bronx
They're two of the reigning queens of comedy joining forces - for a drama about organized crime.
Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy were snapped in the Bronx borough of New York City on Thursday filming their upcoming motion picture The Kitchen.
In the motion picture, which is set in 1978, Haddish, McCarthy and Elisabeth Moss play a trio of wives whose organized crime-affiliated husbands are imprisoned by federal authorities, leading them to take up the family trade on their own.
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Lights, camera, action! Tiffany Haddish, 39, and Melissa McCarthy, 48, were snapped in New York City on Thursday filming their upcoming motion picture The Kitchen
As cameras rolled, Haddish, 39, wore a multicolored striped long-sleeve top with denim blue bell bottom jeans and beige Ugg boots, accessorizing with a head scarf and a necklace.
The Night School actress hammed it up for the cameras in between takes, as she kept warm in a large blue coat with a furry hood.
McCarthy wore a zip-up light blue windbreaker over a striped turtleneck with brown bell bottoms while toting a brown leather purse.
In another scene, the 48-year-old actress wore a peach pantsuit with a white top, and her locks feathered alongside Haddish, who was clad in a black dress with floral highlights and knee-high black boots with heels.
Star: The Oscar-nominated actress walked with confidence as cameras rolled on the crime drama
Sense of humor: The Night School actress hammed it up for the cameras in between takes, as she kept warm in a large blue coat with a furry hood
Confident: Melissa smiled as she was clad in retro clothes for the motion picture
Armed and dangerous: Domhnall Gleeson carried a prop gun in this sequence
The Oscar-nominated Bridesmaids performer told Entertainment Weekly last year that the film is more 'about these individuals instead of the Mafia as an entity.
'It was more about three people who are put down and held back finally breaking out,' McCarthy added. 'There was much more humanity to it, which also made it scarier.'
Change of pace: The film's director, Andrea Berloff, told the publication that she 'was excited by the idea of placing women in a position and world in which we don't normally see them'
Shift: Berloff raised the questions, 'If we're defying stereotypes, let's defy them all over. Who says women can't run the Mafia? Who says comedians can't do drama?'
Insight: McCarthy said the movie's 'about these individuals instead of the Mafia as an entity'
Coming soon: The motion picture featuring the pair of A-listers is slated to arrive in theaters this fall
The film's director, Andrea Berloff, told the publication that she 'was excited by the idea of placing women in a position and world in which we don't normally see them.'
Berloff noted the barrier-breaking aspect of placing Haddish and McCarthy - best known for their comedic exploits - in a different genre to showcase their versatility.
'I wanted that excitement of women in a Mob movie to permeate through the casting, so I cast people you wouldn't expect across the board,' Berloff said. 'If we're defying stereotypes, let's defy them all over.
'Who says women can't run the Mafia? Who says comedians can't do drama?'
The film, which also includes Domhnall Gleeson, Common, Margo Martindale, and James Badge Dale, hits theaters September 20.
