Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterUniversal’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is about to add some A-list talent.
Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has signed on to join the ensemble of the studio’s adaptation joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg.The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety.
He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
Adams will play Cynthia Murphy, the mother to the classmate that commits suicide.Steven Levenson, who wrote the book for the stage musical, wrote the script.
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