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Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr. Discusses The ‘Upside’ Of The Movie Premiering on Disney+
Sep 19, 2020
Hamilton made history when it premiered on Broadway in 2015. Its popularity made its inevitable transformation into a movie a seeming inevitability -- however, the COVID-19 pandemic caused plans for that movie to shift. While Hamilton was originally intended for a theatrical release, Leslie Odom Jr. thinks there are a few upsides of having the film premiere on Disney+.
Five years later, Hamilton is still one of the most talked about musicals on the planet. Since it hit Disney+ over the Fourth of July weekend, a whole new wave of Hamilfans have fallen in love . Leslie Odom Jr., who originated the role of narrator/villain Aaron Burr and who plays him in the film, told Entertainment Weekly that as far as he’s concerned, Hamilton ’s Disney+ premiere has worked out well despite the change of plans:
It's all been upside. It was really able to bring people some joy and inspiration at a time when they maybe needed it most. At the beginning, there was a part of me that was a little sad that I wouldn't get to lift Renee [Elise Goldsberry] up onto my shoulders and run her around a movie theater after ‘Satisfied,’ or that I wouldn't get to wrap my arms around Philippa Soo's neck at the end of that show and tell her how much she moved me. There was a part of me that was just a little sad that I wouldn't be able to be in close proximity with my brothers and sisters, to share this moment. But what has been revealed over the last few months is that this thing, it's impact and the way it's connected with people is way bigger than us.
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