Lin-Manuel Miranda has no good reason to be nervous about writing songs for a Disney movie, but he is.
For starters, this isn’t his first go-round with the House of Mouse — the actor-playwright previously penned songs for the Polynesian-focused tale “Moana” in 2016, earning him a best original song Oscar nomination for “How Far I’ll Go.” Two years later, Miranda would play the chimney-sweeping Jack in the musical sequel “Mary Poppins Returns,” and in 2020 the Disney+ streaming service would pick up the live stage recording of pop culture hijacker “Hamilton,” for which Miranda wrote the script,…The post Lin-Manuel Miranda Admits Movie Musicals Are Really Weird, But Knows How to Make It Work [Exclusive] appeared first on /Film.
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