Lin-Manuel Miranda - "the greatest asset of the arts is empathy"
He's the creator of the massive Broadway musicals 鈥業n the Heights鈥� and 鈥楬amilton鈥� and the soundtrack of Disney's 鈥楨ncanto鈥� and now his new movie has received Oscar nominations.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a mega-star. He's an actor, singer-songwriter, playwright 鈥� creator of the massive Broadway musicals 鈥業n the Heights鈥� and 鈥楬amilton鈥� and the soundtrack of Disney's 鈥楨ncanto鈥�. And now, his directorial debut - the movie 鈥楾ick, Tick... Boom鈥� 鈥� is Oscar nominated! The film is based on the autobiographical musical by playwright Jonathan Larson - of an aspiring composer in New York City who鈥檚 worried he made the wrong career choice, whilst navigating the pressures of love and friendship - something Lin says he really relates to. Larson is played by Andrew Garfield in the movie - Garfield has been nominated for Best Actor at this year's Academy Awards. For 5 Minutes On, Nihal Arthanayake 鈥� a presenter on 大象传媒 Radio 5 Live 鈥� speaks with Lin-Manuel Miranda about his life and career, their mutual love of hip hop and being "zen" with how the world receives his work.
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