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Aug 31, 2021 · MARC PLATT There was, thankfully, a lot of interest from a number of studios to make the movie, and all of those studios were interested if it could be done timely, with Ben portraying the role ...
- Let’s Jump Right in. Is The Film Adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen Really That Bad?
- Do We Even Want Musical Film Adaptations? Who Are They for?
- What Musical Adaptations Actually Worked and Why?
Annabel Gutterman: As soon as I saw that they cut the musical’s first number, “Anybody Have a Map?” I knew we were in trouble. And I really wanted to like this movie. I loved the musical! Yes, Ben Platt does immediately look too old, but that’s nowhere near the top of my list of complaints here. While the original production was tense and anxiety-i...
AG: We do want musical film adaptations! I think. In theory, bringing Broadway to the masses should only be a good thing. But sometimes it just doesn’t fit. Dear Evan Hansen was a flop for me because it is too intimate of a musical to work as a big Hollywood movie. It is a story that doesn’t need all that extra stuff. If they had filmed a staged pr...
AG: Obviously, Mamma Mia is the first movie to come to my mind. And yes, it goes against everything I said in terms of celebrity because it has one of the most celebrity-packed casts of them all: Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan… But that movie also worked because it benefited from a bigger set (that they were able to film in Greece...
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Marc Platt got the rights with the intention of Ben playing Evan, and the reason the production was put out so quickly once the rights were acquired was because every day that passes makes it more difficult for audiences to accept Ben as Evan. Someone else could have acquired the rights, but wouldn't have had any reason to put a rush on the production.
Simplest answer is people are fucking cruel. It's one thing to simply not like a movie. But so far I have seen so many demonize the character of evan and make awful remarks about the actor that played him. Yes i get it he looked much older than a teen but there is no reason to personally insult the actor.
Sep 29, 2021 · Tears and Fears: Ben Platt on the Private Hell of Being Evan Hansen. As he reprises his Tony-winning role for the 'Dear Evan Hansen' movie, the actor talks bawling onstage, struggling with anxiety ...
Box office. $19.1 million [4][5] Dear Evan Hansen is a 2021 American coming-of-age musical film directed by Stephen Chbosky from a screenplay by Steven Levenson, based on the 2015 stage musical of the same name by Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Ben Platt plays the title role, reprising the performance that he originated on stage six ...
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Sep 24, 2021 · Adapting a beloved musical into film doesn't come without anxiety, and that's exactly what Ben Platt felt returning to his Tony-winning role for the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen (in theaters ...
