Dear Evan Hansen movie? — Page 9

Is he a little old to play it convincingly? Yes, absolutely. However makeup does wonders. There was no way the producers were going to deny Platt the chance to get that EGOT title. It's one thing to play younger on stage, then to have the camera up close and all up in your face in HD, on the big screen like it will be on film. I would have much preferred a younger, undiscovered performer, but this is the casting we all knew was inevitable.
While think Platt is overhyped in every sense of the word, I think he will be good as he proved when he played the role on stage, I am excited for Moore and Pino. I'm big fans of both of them!

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Is he a little old to play it convincingly? Yes, absolutely. However makeup does wonders. There was no way the producers were going to deny Platt the chance to get that EGOT title. It's one thing to play younger on stage, then to have the camera up close and all up in your face in HD, on the big screen like it will be on film. I would have much preferred a younger, undiscovered performer, but this is the casting we all knew was inevitable.
While think Platt is a overhyped performer, I think he will be good as he proved when he played the role on stage, I am excited for Moore and Pino. I'm big fans of both of them!

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Updated On: 9/2/20 at 10:29 PM

BrodyFosse123 said: ""

he said that many months ago, they’ve already started filming it

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Reiterating what Platt once said. Stop reading into it as if it’s a quote from yesterday’s GMA. Never once on that post did it say: Platt said this earlier this morning. Seems “Karens” come in all shapes and sizes. Relax. Take a breath. Life’s too short. It gets better. I promise.

I must be the only one who’s fine with Ben Platt as Evan. Yes I wish someone like Andrew Barth Feldman was cast. But Ben Platt IS Evan. I’m glad his performance will be preserved.

You’re not the only one. I’m glad Ben Platt will be in the movie as Evan Hansen.

The rest of the cast was picked having that in mind. What matters more is how do the rest of the cast look like when standing next to Ben Platt. If Jared, Evan, Alana, Zoe, and Connor all roughly look around the same age, then it will work.

I watched DEH on Broadway a year ago and I recall it was odd seeing Andrew Barth Feldman (Evan) standing next to Alex Boniello (Connor) since the difference in age (roughly 10 years) was so obvious that it’s hard to believe both were high schoolers.

I’m assuming all these new characters they keep adding are going to be acting as the virtual community members in the film.

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Call_me_jorge said: "Haven’t they already finished filming? Just guessing by Ben Platts social media posts... he doesn’t look like he’s in “Evan Hansen” mode if that makes any sense."

His social media postings have zero relevancy to the production of the DEAR EVAN HANSEN film. For obvious reasons, he can’t post anything from the film set so it’s just personal stuff and recent voting stuff. My 2 bffs are currently on their sets (one a single-camera sitcom; the other a major film) and we still text about the meatloaf I’m making and random stuff. Even in their costumes. Insane they’re capable to disconnect from what they’re doing, huh? So irresponsible they’re not in their working “mode.”

Indeed. Thanks Alex!

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