The trailer for the Dear Evan Hansen movie has officially dropped, and people have a few questions.
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Like, how exactly are we supposed to believe that 27-year-old star Ben Platt is a teenager, when he is very obviously not?
In the film adaptation of the Tony Award–winning Broadway musical, Ben is reprising his role as socially anxious high schooler Evan Hansen, the role that first skyrocketed him to fame.
And even though he's not the first adult actor to portray a teenager (I'm looking at you, Glee and every show on the CW), it's somehow not sitting well with some.
There were a lot of jokes about it:
ben platt during his first day of shooting dear evan hansen (2021)
Ben Platt in the Dear Evan Hansen trailer:
i got a message about the dear evan hansen trailer while watching it and wanted to be like “haha i’m watching too” and i accidentally got the best fucking screenshot imaginable
the DEAR EVAN HANSEN trailer is really giving GREASE energy
i understand why they cast Ben Platt as Evan Hansen, i don't understand why they made him look about ten years older than he is. i honest to god thought this was Kyle Mooney at first.
This fan even came prepared with an alternate casting choice:
since evan hansen is trending..... lets appreciate what could have been ie andrew barth feldman who is the Actual age of evan and connor in the musical
And even though it's pretty hard to get past, this fan reminded everyone that we seem to deal with it just fine in other shows:
people criticizing ben for being too old to be in dear evan hansen like they don’t watch outerbanks, euphoria, 13rw, vampire diaries, glee, mean girls etc
In conclusion:
Watched the trailer for DEAR EVAN HANSEN and I think we destroyed the Golden Globes just in time.