Lin-Manuel Miranda

Creator of the musical Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Creator of the musical Hamilton) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Tick, Tick... Boom! (film).

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Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)

  • Miranda said he discovered during the swimming-pool shoot that Garfield is an exceptional swimmer whose father is a swim instructor.

    “I found out Andrew is basically Michael Phelps. Like his dad is a swim instructor”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Andrew Garfield (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 9:15

  • Miranda said he cast Garfield after seeing him in Angels in America, despite not knowing whether he could sing.

    “I didn't know whether he had a musical bone in his body, but it's such an endurance test, that play”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Andrew Garfield (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 6:03

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Other remarks

  • Miranda argued that a theater maker's job is to make rehearsal the most enjoyable place to be.

    “your job is to make the most fun room possible so that people choose doing the play over basketball, over debate team”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Andrew Garfield (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 8:03

Appearances

  • Andrew Garfield

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Sep 29, 2026 · 1 h 11 min

    Amy Poehler talks with Andrew Garfield about work ethic, grief, method acting, directors he admires, his film The Uprising and playing Roy Horn, with a pre-interview from Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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