Preview: Tyler Perry's Madea Visits House of Payne
Tyler Perry, House of Payne
Madea fans rejoice!
Tyler Perry's buxom alter ego returns for a second appearance tonight on
House of Payne (tonight at 10 pm/ET, TBS), giving "her" nemesis, Curtis "Pops" Payne, a less-than-silent night in this parody of
A Christmas Carol. Pops taps into his inner Ebenezer Scrooge when Ella cancels their trip to Maui in order to stay home with CJ's kids, who are spending their first holiday without their mom. But leave it to Madea, as the attitudinal angel of Christmas past, present and future, to bring Pops back around to the true spirit of the season.
"[His first thought is] that he's died and gone to hell," says LeVan Davis, who plays Pops. "Pops can't stand anybody who challenges his authority, and Madea challenges everybody's authority." Perry, who directs the episode, isn't so demanding. "He's too eager for your input," Davis says. "He tries to give you a vision of what he wants... and allows you the room to bring what you feel that is." But working opposite Madea, "you never know what's going to happen," says Davis, admitting he would never go toe-to-toe with his famed costar. "Madea is a lot stronger than the other actresses... so you'd better be careful what you say!"
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