Steven Spielberg, keep ben Platt away from the west side story remake — Page 8

If you watched him in Pitch Perfect you noticed that he's got the same awkwardness/nervousness, and that was before Evan/DEH.

I absolutely loved his Maria rendition, but I do think he seems to play the same "awkward/anxious, just a tad effeminate" character in most of his movie roles (you can see it in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and "The Female Brain" as well).

I'm looking forward to see if he shakes it off for The Politicians.

One thing should be common sense: his voice is amazing.

MsRed said: "If you watched him in Pitch Perfect you noticed that he's got the same awkwardness/nervousness, and that was before Evan/DEH.

I absolutely loved his Maria rendition, but I do think he seems to play the same "awkward/anxious,just a tad effeminate" character in most of his movie roles (you can see it in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and "The Female Brain" as well).

I'm looking forward to see if he shakes it off for The Politicians.

One thing should be common sense: his voice is amazing."

I’m really interested to how he plays his role in Love and Oatmeal because the synopsis of that film is a vast departure from the previous roles he’s played...well I guess it could be semi related to DEH given the subject material dealing with mental illness but other than that it’s going to be different.

Cat Guy said: "theaterguy11 said: "I literally heard him say to his much more attractive companion "where is he? he *must* see me"

I said out loud in the crowd: "you're hideous" and I know he heard it."



Going to file that in my "Never Happened" folder."



Ok Theatreguy, I mean I sat right near him the entire show and he never said that. If you can’t handle your own contradictions you have no business spreading malicious rumors. What did Ben Platt do to you? Kill your cat? Step on your toes? Quit your howling and go gnaw on your dusty old bone.

This is what Ben Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda did today. Good men.

According to Wikipedia, Lin is working on Marc Platt's Little Mermaid live adaptation. Word on the street is Lin is hoping Marc Platt will produce the In The Heights film after the Harvey debacle. Cozying up to Ben may get Marc to be more willing to open his wallet. It certainly worked for Pasek and Paul who won an Oscar for Platt's LA LA Land. Always follow the money."

IMHO, the flaw in this analysis is that I don't think Lin needs to cozy up to anyone to get his musical projects made. Certainly he does not have to kowtow to Ben Platt (or Marc Platt for that matter--I think the reverse, might be true, though). I would suggest that as soon as the rights to "In The Heights" revert back to Lin from Weinstein Co.., he will have no shortage of suitors and does not NEED Marc Platt to open his wallet. I'm sure many studios would make "In the Heights" at a loss (especially since Lin said he wanted the production to be a "scrappy" one) in order to establish a relationship with him that gets them the ultimate prize of film rights to "Hamilton."

I think Lin will creatively ally with anyone it makes sense to in order to bring attention to a cause he believes him (like March For Our Lives) and wants to raise money for. A mash-up of Story of Tonight/You Will Be Found spoke to him and served those ends, Ben would have been an idiot not to board that train and agree to perform the duet, once others granted the rights, given the glow one receives when standing in Lin's light (despite the Tony and recent projects Ben is still hardly a household name)-- and, of course, it made a certain amount of sense for Ben to sing the song as he still the most recognizable face from DEH. Bottom line, I think a lot of people need Lin more than he needs them.

By the way, now that the question of Ben or no Ben for the role of Tony has been debated to a fare-thee-well, I would now pose the question of why Spielberg? A master director, of course, but not 100% sure that he is right either.