Andrew Garfield On How Tick, Tick, Boom is Giving Hope to Young People
Tick, Tick…Boom! star Andrew Garfield has spoken about how he feels the recent Netflix adaptation of the musical is giving hope to young people who feel like they have a calling. Tick, Tick…Boom! is a semi-autobiographical musical written by Jonathan Larson before he went on to create the Broadway smash-hit Rent. The adaptation, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature directorial debut, stars Garfield as Larson as he struggles to get his musical Superbia off the ground before his thirtieth birthday.
Tick, Tick…Boom! is a love letter to musicals, filled with Broadway cameos (including the late Steven Sondheim), all while staying true to Larson’s original production. The Netflix film has been generally very well received. Garfield in particular has garnered a huge amount of critical acclaim for his lead role in the movie-musical, including a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The story accurately portrays the struggles that many young creatives face, enduring rejection over and over again in the hopes of one day breaking into the industry.
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Now, Garfield has spoken about why he thinks that Tick, Tick…Boom! has resonated with so many young people. In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Garfield said that it was “great” that young people are responding to the musical so “strongly” because it portrays rejection and failure as something “we all have to go through.” The actor went on to say that “it’s giving a lot of hope” to young people who feel like they have a specific calling in their life. Read the full quote below:
“It’s so great that people are — young people, especially — are responding to it so strongly I think because it feels
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