under way last week. normally, it is a bustling showcase overflowing with movie riches, but this year because of covid 19 it was somewhat more subdued. it was a combination of both in person and virtual events. altogether, some 130 features were shown at the festival, and it opens with dear evan hansen, an adaptation of the hit broadway musical. it is everywhere. the film is a coming of age story and has a depressed, and anxious high school student played by ben platt, who was in the original broadway musical. it was nice to go in with lots of knowledge of a character from my performance on stage as the foundation and i had my own struggles much like every other human being on the planet, thinking about my own mental health and i try to make him as human and as connected to me as i could, without playing myself. toronto endured a tough lockdown, one of the longest in north america, for the staff of the festival, getting their annual extravaganza off the ground hasn t been easy. for the
festival got under way last week. normally, it is a bustling showcase overflowing with movie riches, but this year because of covid 19 it was somewhat more subdued. it was a combination of both in person and virtual events. altogether, some 130 features were shown at the festival, and it opens with dear evan hansen, an adaptation of the hit broadway musical. it is everywhere. the film is a coming of age story and has a depressed, and anxious high school student played by ben platt, who was in the original broadway musical. it was nice to go in with lots of knowledge of a character from my performance on stage as the foundation and i had my own struggles much like every other human being on the planet, thinking about my own mental health and i try to make him as human
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