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A Star is Born Out of Struggle and Determination
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/12/2021
You would never guess it after watching, but apparently star of tick, tick... Boom! Andrew Garfield had nothing approaching singing experience before being cast and spent an entire year preparing for the role of Jonathan Larson. I say that all the worked more than paid off as Garfield is the heart and soul of the film and his singing is impeccable.
Larson was the creative talent that gave us Rent, on of the most influential Broadway productions of its generation. But before Rent could even get off the ground, Larson was struggling with another musical he had been working on for the better part of a decade, a futuristic, sci-fi number about people starring at screens non-stop and watching people being popular for... being popular (not only was he a musical genius, but he could predict …
