Lin Manuel Miranda has become a legend in the entertainment industry. From Hamilton to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, everybody loves his work. Here are 6 things you didn’t know about Lin Manuel Miranda.
The creator of In the Heights and Hamilton has had incredible success throughout his career. From playwriting to acting, Lin Manuel Miranda has done it all. But there is a lot to know about the man that brought us “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”. Here are 6 things you didn’t know about Lin Manuel Miranda:
He’s Named After A Poem
Lin Manuel Miranda was named after a poem about the Vietnam War, “Nana roja para mi hijo Lin Manuel”. Artistic name choices seem to run in the family since he named his son Sebastian after the lobster in The Little Mermaid.
If Lin Manuel Miranda Wins An Oscar, He Will Be The Third PEGOT Winner
As if being an EGOT winner wasn’t prestigious enough, Lin Manuel Miranda is very close to becoming a PEGOT winner. A PEGOT winner is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony and a Pulitzer prize.
His Kids Are Tired Of “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has been stuck in everyone’s minds for the past few months, but his kids have heard it for way longer. The song is not only a TikTok sensation, but it is the first song from a Disney movie to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since “A Whole New World” from Aladdin in 1993.
He Was An English Teacher
Before being an international sensation, Lin Manuel Miranda was an English teacher. Needless to say, being Lin Manuel Miranda’s student is definitely a flex. In the early stages of his career he worked on multiple projects to support himself. He even wrote jingles for politicians.
Hamilton Took 7 Years To Write
One day Lin Manuel Miranda randomly bought a biography on Alexander Hamilton, which inspired the entire musical. However, the show’s success isn’t accidental. Lin Manuel Miranda started working on the musical in 2009. Some songs such as “Alexander Hamilton” and “My Shot” took him one year each.
His Kids Are Good Beta Testers
In an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, he confessed that in the early stages of creating Encanto his son begged him to watch “an actual kids movie”. This scared Lin Manuel and took him back to the drawing board. His kids are great beta tester of his work.
Lin Manuel Miranda has definitely changed the game in the entertainment industry, and this is only just beginning. We are very excited to see what’s coming next!
