‘In the Heights’ is set to release June 17, 2021, and has been a long time coming for Lin-Manuel Miranda. The playwright spoke to Variety with the film’s director Jon M.
Chu about the struggles he had pitching the project nearly two decades ago, the obstacles they overcame, and why he initially didn't want to postpone the films release after COVID-19.
Read what the “Hamilton” star and “Crazy Rich Asians” director had to say below, per Variety. The film has very few non-Latino characters and tells the story of Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, a bodega owner that is saving enough money to return home to the Dominican Republic.
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