Ben Platt is reacting to criticism. The 27-year-old Tony Award-winning star responded to some criticism of his casting in the high school-based movie musical adaptation of Broadway‘s Dear Evan Hansen, out in September. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ben Platt Following the trailer that debuted on Tuesday (May 18), online reaction was mixed regarding Ben playing a high school student. Find out what he said… “Thank u from the bottom of my [heart] for the outpouring of trailer love yesterday.
The film required me to revisit areas of personal pain, so seeing ppl excited & moved makes it so deeply worth it,” he wrote in a now-deleted tweet. “PS to the randos beings jerks about age, read this great article and/or watch grease,” he added,
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