Lin-Manuel Miranda says he talked Weird Al 'out of working' with him

Music Lin-Manuel Miranda says he talked Weird Al 'out of operating' with him erstwhile they met: 'I virtually pooped the bed'

Lin-Manuel Miranda says he talked Weird Al 'out of working' with him erstwhile they met: 'I sincerely pooped the mattress' "I were fixed successful my automobile, and I turned into similar the feline in Boogie Nights. I go like, ‘You're an idiot. You're an fool. Why did you effort this?! Why did you effort this?!'" By Emlyn Travis October 29, 2022 astatine 12:36 PM EDT Advertisement FB Tweet More Pinterest Email Send Text Message Print Comment The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (display clutch) CR: NBC

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is recalling the embarrassing mode helium threw distant his shot astatine sooner oregon aboriginal moving with parody icon Weird Al Yankovic. 

The Tick, Tick… Boomdirectorrevealed details astir what helium considers his disastrous archetypal assembly with the "Eat It" vocalist years earlier than helium would cultivate his idiosyncratic accomplishment with the Tony-winning philharmonic juggernaut Hamilton. 

"Pre-Hamilton, [Weird Al] turned into trying to possibly constitute a musical, and helium became assembly with writers," Miranda stated successful an interrogation connected The Tonight Show connected Friday. "So I took a assembly astatine his residence successful Hollywood and I drove determination myself successful a rented car."

But Miranda, who called Weird Al 1 successful each of his top puerility inspirations, rapidly discovered his nerves kicking into overdrive. "It's similar assembly Santa Claus, assembly Weird Al," helium advised Jimmy Fallon. "And I became truthful tense that I, like, self-destructed."

That includes, apparently, suggesting that a idiosyncratic other became a higher successful signifier for the task. "Like, midway thru it, I said, 'You recognize who you request to paintings with? Bobby Lopez,'" Miranda stated, regarding the songwriter whose recognition see Frozen, Wandavision, and The Book of Mormon. "I was like, 'He's penning a show with theSouth Park men [Trey Parker and Matt Stone]. They're funny. You're funny. You indispensable constitute with them.' And, like, talked him retired of moving with me."

To this contiguous day, Miranda is not beauteous definite what brought connected him to brief-circuit astatine immoderate signifier successful the travel across. "Some vanity origin took spot to me. It's ne'er befell before!" helium exclaimed. "And I got successful my car, and I became conscionable similar the feline inBoogie Nights. I turned into like, 'You're an fool. You're an idiot. Why did you bash this?! Why did you bash this Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty; Tristar Media/Getty

While the brace person formed a beardown relationship seeing that — so robust that Miranda teased helium "might person a cameo" successful Weird, Weird Al's upcoming biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe — the Encanto composer could beryllium precise cognizant that their archetypal face-to-face became a full dud.

"I perfectly pooped the mattress. It's high-quality helium is friends with me," Miranda joked. "Because the superior clip I changed into like, 'H-H-Hi.'"

Watch Miranda sermon the botched gathering — and however his 4-12 months-vintage lad fell dormant astatine immoderate signifier successful Hamilton — within the clip above. 

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