Date 02/03/2016 - News People
Nestled in the credits of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is Tina Fey's special dedication to her late father.
Donald Fey, who was a Korean War veteran and a professional writer for more than 30 years, died of heart failure on Oct. 18 ? just as directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra were editing the dark comedy. It stars Fey as journalist Kim Baker, a dissatisfied American news copy producer who heads to wartime Afghanistan as a foreign correspondent.
It turns out the quiet tribute was producer Lorne Michaels' idea. "He said, 'You only have one father, and you only have one chance to do this,' Fey told The Hollywood Reporter at the film's Tuesday night screening in New York City. "Like many, many times in my life, I took his advice."