Lin-Manuel Miranda says he saw Andrew Garfield in the Broadway production of Death of a Salesman alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman.
“I was lucky enough to see him in Death of a Salesman with Philip Seymour Hoffman.”
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Lin-Manuel Miranda says he saw both parts of Angels in America, starring Andrew Garfield, in a single day, with each part about three hours long.
“I saw him in Angels in America both parts, which is like, it's a day, it's your day, you know?”
Lin-Manuel Miranda says he took Andrew Garfield out to sushi while Garfield was performing in Angels in America on Broadway, and asked him whether he could sing.
“He was, he was doing Angels, uh, in on Broadway at the time, and I took him out to sushi.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda says Jonathan Larson swam laps to get ideas, and the film depicts him getting the idea for a stream-of-consciousness song while swimming.
“Jonathan Larson, like, would swim to get his ideas, and he wrote this great stream of consciousness song and he gets the idea while he's doing laps.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda says Andrew Garfield's father is a swim instructor and that Garfield swam better than the film's stunt double.
“And then I found out Andrew is basically Michael Phelps, like his dad is a swim instructor,”
Lin-Manuel Miranda says he was on day two of a workshop for his next musical, Warriors, when recorded.
“we are in day two of our workshop for, uh, our next musical, Warriors”