Ben Platt Says ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie Would Probably Not Have Been Made Without Him

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[evett]

and that's okay

[__onthebound]

He can originate the role but he cannot teach it to anyone else. No one can ever replace him. Not even his understudy.

[nemo_de_la_meer]

This is how I took it. If I was associated with this role, I'd have to live with the fact that Ben Platt thinks there can only be one. Ever.

I hate Ben Platt and this damn show, but this kind of talking is upsetting and dangerous.

[__onthebound]

Same. I have nothing for this show but this could've been a great chance for an unknown and for Platt to be a mentor. I would respect him for stepping aside from the lead and doing something else

[ginainabottle]

And all that for Evan fucking Hansen, can you imagine the nerve of this bitch if he had originated Elphaba or something? Phew.

[squirrels_oh_no]

If my dad was a producer, you know damn right I'd be getting my written-by-me-when-I-was-6 unicorn self-insert fanfic movie, just like he's gotten to pretend to be 16 for the past...40 years it looks like?

[gillenvillain]

I was shocked when it said he was 28! Damn son, you look 40.

I'm lolling that he's all uptight about it too. "At least they're not criticizing my acting"...uh, buddy, you are NOT a convincing teenager PERIOD. A better actor would know he doesn't look the part to save his ass and let someone more age appropriate play the role instead of being a entitled brat whose daddy had to produce hire him.

[squirrels_oh_no]

He only got the Broadway gig because his father produced La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen is the same guys as La La Land. Dude, you're the textbook definition of nepotism.

[3rdattemptuser]

i honestly truly thought he was 35 until last year. I'm 33 and he looks wayyyy older than me.

[heartinclover]

he sounds like a brat here, honestly. I wish this movie hadn't been made, it's too creepy and fucked up.

[heartinclover]

also, whoever did the lighting design for this film absolutely hates him.

[smegma]

the makeup department hates him too. they managed to make him look even older.

[heartinclover]

realistically everyone except for his producer-father hated him on set

[numbedtoe]

I don’t think that would be a bad thing. This entire story is so “I’m the star and you are all props and supporting cast.” It just feeds into that me, me! Narrative.

How those poor grieving parents are treating just makes me ill and it’s so damn unrealistic.

“Oh our kid is dead and you lied? Reinvented yourself as his bestie for attention? That’s ok! Don’t mind us as we slink off to never be seen again. Losing a child is hard but gosh it’s not like we were invisible in high school!”