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Moran and Kail talked us through the roughly four-year process of putting together the film.
He and Moran met in August of that year to discuss the project.
Thats the version they shopped around Hollywood, and eventually soldto Disney.
We did the last bits remotely, Kail said.
In this case, right when Miranda enters the story.
Kail and Moran felt it was important to convey Andy Blankenbuehlers choreography.
So much of our show is told with the physical language of our ensemble, Kail said.
Theres always characters up there doing something thats at least subconsciously significant to the story, Moran said.
I remember Jonah saying, Does this feel right?
And it instinctively did.
Making sure that you see that aspect of the work was important to Kail and Moran.
And I might be misremembering it, but thats probably the least Ive seen Jonathan Groff spit.
Giving up two fucks
LANGUAGE!1.
We have 3 “Fucks” in our show.
It gets a laugh, Kail said, to not have anything there would be a strange moment.
It felt like a singular moment that allows the audience to walk away asking, What did that mean?
It could put us right there with her.
