Dear Ben Platt. Some People Think You're Too Old To Play Evan Hansen
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English - May 22, 2021 02:32 - 1 hour - 75.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDaily News News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Social media went crazy this week when the trailer for film adaptation of the Tony Award Winning Musical Dear Evan Hansen was released. Although most were excited for the upcoming release, many felt that its star, 27 year old Ben Platt was too old to play the troubled teen in the movie. Tonight, we look at the controversy. Then we go through Hollywood's long history of casting older actors to play teens with a new game called They Were How Old? And it's a Friday Bracket Battle to decide just what older actor was the best on screen teen of all time! It's Friday on TMI Daily
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