The casting of 27-year-old Ben Platt to play a 17-year-old in Dear Evan Hansen is the latest example of a weird trend that shows no sign of abating
By all accounts, Dear Evan Hansen has plenty of problems to contend with. Transplanted to cinema from its Tony-winning Broadway run, it has been battered by critics for everything from its “overlong” runtime to its “wretched” writing to its “tone-deaf” plot. But nothing has set people’s teeth on edge quite like the sight of 27-year-old Ben Platt playing a teenage boy.
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