This year, Jessie Mueller won the Tony award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical for her depiction of Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The two talented ladies even performed at the Tonys together.
Jessie stopped by the BuzzFeed NYC office to serenade us and play a little game called "Carole or Jessie," in which she decides who's more likely to forget song lyrics on stage or eat an entire pizza. Here's what happened.
Belt out a Celine Dion song at karaoke?
"ME. No hesitation."
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Get stage fright?
"A young Carole, maybe."
Sing in the shower?
"I guess me, it would be weird if I knew Carole's showering habits."
Swoon over Hugh Jackman?
"Oh my."
Eat an entire pizza?
"I know I certainly would."
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Binge-watch a show on Netflix?
"I have done this."
Get drunk at brunch?
"Ahh, let's say Carole for this one, maybe she'd have a bloody mary."
Trip on the red carpet at an awards show?
"Absolutely me."
Get their acceptance speech cut off by the music at an awards show?
"No one would dare do that to Carole now, she's too big!"
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Pull a prank backstage?
"Maybe Carole would."
Run for political office?
"She should, and I hope she does."
Forget song lyrics on stage?
"I have done this. I think I just sang the same verse twice."
Star in a reality TV show?
"Neither of us!"
