Martin stars as no-nonsense boss Jordan (also played by Regina Hall), who,
in a moment of magic, is returned to her 13-year-old body and turns to her assistant April (played by Issa Rae) to help her reverse the spell. “Issa’s kind of like the older me to be honest; she’s just funny, quirky, smart,” says Martin. “You can definitely see the chemistry between us — it just worked really easily in such a short amount of time.”
While things ran smoothly with Rae, some scenes with Justin Hartley (This Is Us) who plays the middle school teacher on whom Martin’s character has a crush, were a little less straight forward. “Flirting with Justin was awkward, I’m not going to lie,” laughs Martin. “I don’t actually feel that way about Justin, so I just had to look at it as the character. Getting to know him and hanging out with him made helped too.”
Three years later, Martin earned a producer credit for the project, making her the youngest person to receive one. “Being so young when I thought of it, I had the biggest imagination,” she says. “It’s the craziest feeling when you see it too; to see what’s in your mind going on to the big screen and seeing other people see what you created? It’s the greatest feeling!”
Little hits theaters Friday, April 12.
